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: THE T REE SPARROW,‘ 
The quill and tail Seaside are dufky, the body 1 Is grey i : 
_ black, there are two white bands on their wings, and a large. 
black {pot near each ear. . : 
| - Itinhabits moft parts of Europe, and is: fre-- 
» quent in Lancafhire, Lincolnfhire, and York- oe 
ae. | ny : 
Tt lives: in. the country, frequents highways, | 
yeeches upon fhrubs, and low buthes, and builds: 
“its neft on trees. | : 
Tree Sparrows prefer an open counter: they» 
are lefs numerous than Sparrows, and probably do - 
~hot breed fo often; they aflemble i in flocks at the 
r Clofe of fummer, | and remain together daring the 
i if _ Winters : . 
_ This bird is almoft always i in motion, when 1 a 
is perched he is continually moving _turni if, . 
_ ing and dropping his tail. oe 
tis much lefs mifchievous than the Bure 5 
f “not deftroying much corn, but preferring fruit, 
and wild feeds. It perches on: thiftles, and sa 
their feeds, and often preys on infects. The . 
fg is nothing SaenasenntaC It lays about four 
ot ae egos, 

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