. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . has a black throat and the femaleis so totally unlike her mate. The nest, a slovenly affair, is built in holes of allkinds, or of hay and feathers among the boughs at thetop of a tree; in the latter case it is domed. This bird has been credited with wonderful prolificacy,but as a rule, the number of young to a nest does not i88 BRITISH BIRDS exceed three, four being rare, while a greater numberthan the last is practically unknown; and yet writers haveput it down at seven and ev
. British birds for cages and aviaries; a hanbook relating to all British birds which may be kept in confinement .. . has a black throat and the femaleis so totally unlike her mate. The nest, a slovenly affair, is built in holes of allkinds, or of hay and feathers among the boughs at thetop of a tree; in the latter case it is domed. This bird has been credited with wonderful prolificacy,but as a rule, the number of young to a nest does not i88 BRITISH BIRDS exceed three, four being rare, while a greater numberthan the last is practically unknown; and yet writers haveput it down at seven and even nine, and the number ofbroods in the season at four or five; but two is moreoften the case, though sometimes three. The Hedge Sparrow. The Hedge Sparrow, not being really a Sparrow, willbe found treated separately under Hedge. The Tree Sparrow. This is not nearly such a common bird as its relation,and in many parts is unknown; indeed, it is not numerousanywhere. It is rather smaller than the common species,and carries more richness of colouring on its smallperson, which is really very handsome when critically. The Tree Spaijrow. examined. The top of the head is reddish-brown, thecheeks white, with a black spot; round the neck is awhite ring, and the back is spotted with red and black;the lower part of the back and the rump are brownish-grey; the throat is white, and the breast pale ashen-grey;
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