. The sportsman's British bird book . SlAKKoW |l ( Tree-Soarrow PO^ ^s more aggressive and dominant relative the ^Passermontanus).t-cc-sparrow is distinguished by the circumstance that the plumage of the two sexes is identical (instead of markedly dissimilar) in colouring, by the crown of the head and the nape of the neck being distinctly reddish brown instead of TREE-SPARROW 569. HE ROWLAND TIJEE-SPAKKOW. grey, as in the cock-sparrow, and by the double white wing-bar. In young birds the general tone is duller and the wing - bar tinged with buff. The tree-sparrow, which is to a conside
. The sportsman's British bird book . SlAKKoW |l ( Tree-Soarrow PO^ ^s more aggressive and dominant relative the ^Passermontanus).t-cc-sparrow is distinguished by the circumstance that the plumage of the two sexes is identical (instead of markedly dissimilar) in colouring, by the crown of the head and the nape of the neck being distinctly reddish brown instead of TREE-SPARROW 569. HE ROWLAND TIJEE-SPAKKOW. grey, as in the cock-sparrow, and by the double white wing-bar. In young birds the general tone is duller and the wing - bar tinged with buff. The tree-sparrow, which is to a considerable extent local in its distribution, is spread over the greater part of Europe, whence it extends east-wards, as far north as the Himalaya, into the Malay countries, China, and Japan. In Europe the rSnge of this bird is being gradually pushed farther north, and now includes the Faroe Islands, where thespecies was formerly un-known. In England the tree-sparrow is chiefly to be metwith in the southern andeastern counties, notably inthe New Forest, and is par-tially migratory in its also breeds locally inIreland. The nest is lessrough and untidy than thatof the sparrow ; while theeggs are slightly smaller andalso darker, with a more uni-form tone of coloration in aclutch.
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