. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 347 sionally it has been observed to build its nest in the hollow of a tree, and to take possession of a hole that had formerly been occupied by the woodpecker. The eggs are different in hue from those of the common Sparrow, being didlish white, covered entirely with very light dots of ashen-brown. Their number is generally from four to six. Lately was published a short communication from a gentleman residing at Penzance. "A Norwegian brig put into Penzan
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 347 sionally it has been observed to build its nest in the hollow of a tree, and to take possession of a hole that had formerly been occupied by the woodpecker. The eggs are different in hue from those of the common Sparrow, being didlish white, covered entirely with very light dots of ashen-brown. Their number is generally from four to six. Lately was published a short communication from a gentleman residing at Penzance. "A Norwegian brig put into Penzance a few days since, and among other incidents of the voyage between Norway and England, the master of the vessel mentioned that midway between the two counti'ies, thousands of small Sparrows paused and alighted on the ship, covering the deck and rigging. The birds were exhausted and soon died, and some half-dozen were kept from mere curiosity to show to friends. These were brought for my inspection, a day or two since, by a person who begged them of the captain to show me. The six specimens were aU Passer 7/ionta/uis, the Tree Sparrow, the Mountain Sparrow of ; Besides tlie markings which have already been mentioned, the Tree Sparrow has a streak of white, marking the boundary between the chestnut of the neck and the red hue of the back and wings. The lower wing-coverts are not so broadly tipped with white as in the common species, but are of a deep black, with a very narrow edging of white. Below the eye and over the ear-coverts, there is a narrow black streak, and the breast and abdomen are white, with a brown tinge, deepening on the flanks. In size the Tree Sparrow is not so large as the common species, by nearly half an inch of WHITE-THROATED SPARROW—Zonotric/iia aMcottis. The "WniTE-THROATED Sparrow is an inhabitant of America, and is one of the partial migrators, passing to and from the northern and southern portions of that continent, accord-
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