hos THE NATURAL HISTORY 
coal under the trees where they roofted, but if, 
vain; they only at firft perched higher in the 
trees, and afterwards flew upon a roof at fomt 
diftance. 
- Sparrows are e eafily tabled; and bentiphe 3 up i 
a cage, they may even be taught when young 
_ fomething of the fong of other birds; though they. 
are ealily made fomiliar, yet they do not naturally 
affociate together ; they are generally alone, or in 
pairs, though ve fometimes sass in com- 
panies. 
They generally build under the tiles, in the 
roofs of houfes, in thatch, in holes of walls, under 
the eaves, in the corners of windows, and om 
times even in trees, 2 : | i 
_ When they build in trees they make a little. coe 
_vering to their neft, to keep out the rain; fome 
gain too indolent to make nefts ef their own, 
build in the old nefits of rooks, and: drive the 
pigeons from their boxes. ‘They often take 
pofleffion of a Martin’s neft. It is faid that the 
__ Martin, fometimes refenting the injury, brings: 
clay, to Lop up the RMaHAEs and fo bury tha 
Sparrow alive, 
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