. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. FRINGILLWM—SPARRO WS. 117 At Southminster, about 1834, Mr. W. H. Hill described it (12. viii. 573) as " occasionally ; Mr. Grubb says (12. vii. 518) it was repeatedly shot at Lexden in the winter of 1833-4. Henry Doubleday, speaking of a visit he paid to Colchester early in March, 1840, says (10) : " I saw scarcely any Tree Spar- rows, which are ejenerally so common near ; In March, 1841, he says (10), " I saw many Tree Sparrows near Mersea ; Mr. Clarke no
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. FRINGILLWM—SPARRO WS. 117 At Southminster, about 1834, Mr. W. H. Hill described it (12. viii. 573) as " occasionally ; Mr. Grubb says (12. vii. 518) it was repeatedly shot at Lexden in the winter of 1833-4. Henry Doubleday, speaking of a visit he paid to Colchester early in March, 1840, says (10) : " I saw scarcely any Tree Spar- rows, which are ejenerally so common near ; In March, 1841, he says (10), " I saw many Tree Sparrows near Mersea ; Mr. Clarke notes it (24) as " not uncommon " round Saffron Walden at the time he wrote (about 1845). There are two specimens from Saffron Walden in the Museum at that town. Mr. Grubb includes it (39) in his list of Sudbury birds, and King says (20) it is " not uncommon "there. Mr. Buxton says (47. 87) that it is "common about the pollard willows near the River Roding," but does not indicate at what time of year. Mr. Hope describes it as " not uncommon in the ; During winter, and especially during hard weather, they are by no means uncommon here, and I have shot them out of flocks of common Sparrows. I have also frequently taken them with the sparrow-nets at night. They never roost with the common Sparrows in corn- stacks or in holes in thatch, but always, so far as my observation goes, singly and in hay-stacks. Considerable flocks have sometimes been observed off the coast on their way hither. Yarrell (37. ii. 85) quotes cases in which, in October, 1833, flocks numbering 100 settled on a ship bound for the Thames, as she passed the coast of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex ; and in November, i860, thousands boarded a vessel between the Dogger Bank and the Galloper lightship. Dr. Laver has shot them during the winter in both the Colchester and Paglesham districts, but never knew them breed in either. In the latter district, however, Mr. Wiseman info
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