BRITISH BIRDS. 
I5B 
THE MOUNTAIN SPARROW, 
( Fringilla Montana, Lin.— Le Friquet , Buff.) 
This bird is fomewhat lefs than the common 
Sparrow : The bill is black ; eyes hazel ; the 
crown of the head and hind part of the neck are of 
a cheflnut colour ; fides of the head white ; throat 
black ; behind each eye there is a pretty large 
black fpot ; the upper parts of the body are of a 
rufty brown, fpotted with black ; the breafl and 
under parts dufky white ; the quills are black, with 
reddifh edges, as are alfo the greater coverts ; the 
leffer are bay, edged with black, and crolfed with 
two white bars ; the tail is of a reddifh brown, 
and even at the end ; the legs are pale yellow. 
This fpecies is frequent in Yorkfhire, Lanca- 
fhire, and alfo in Lincolnfhire ; it differs from the 
Houfe Sparrow in making its nefl in trees and not 
in buildings ; it has not been feen further north than 
the above-mentioned counties. Buffon fays that it 
