tree sparrown.
Name for two distinct birds:
a. Passer montanus, a species of sparrow, widely distributed in Europe and Asia, and found locally in Britain.
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mountain sparrow1668
tree sparrow1770
tree-finch1783
1770 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) IV. 17 Tree Sparrow. Mountain Sparrow..Common near Lincoln..conversant among trees, but does not frequent houses.
1897 Times 5 Jan. 5/4 The tree sparrow..is, in these islands, an exceedingly local..bird.
b. Spizella monticola, a bird (not of the sparrow family) common in North America.
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tree sparrow1831
bush-sparrow1869
1831 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. II. 252 Fringilla Arborea. Tree sparrow. The tree sparrow is six inches and a half long, and nine and a half in extent.
1889 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 25 145 As I neared a clump of cedars..a host of tree sparrows fluttered about me... These lively birds come to us from Canada in October and stay until April.
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