33S 



SPARROW. Class II. 



127. Spar- 

 row. 



Le Moineau, Paifle, ou Mo- 

 iflbn. Btlon av. 361. 



Pafler. Gefner an), 643. 



Aldr, a<v. II. 246. 



Paflera noftrale. Ollna, 



The Houfe - fparrow. 

 orn. 249. 



Rail fyn. a^. 86. 



Le Moineau franc. Brijfon av. 

 III. 72. 



42. 

 WiL 



PI enl 6. f. I. 55. f. 1. 

 Fringilla domeftica. Lin. fyjt, 



323- 

 Tatting, Gralparf. Faun, Suec, 



/p. 242. 

 Danis Graae-Spurre. Norveg, 



Huus-Kald. Bt\ 264. 

 Hauflpatz. Krarn, 369. 

 Br. Zool, II. 300. 



Descrip. 



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HE bill of the male is black : the crown of 

 the head is grey: under each eye is a black 

 fpot ; above the corner of each is a broad bright 

 bay mark, which furrounds the hind part of the 

 head. The cheeks are white : the chin and under 

 fide of the neck are black ; the latter edo-ed with 

 white : the belly of a dirty white : the lefier coverts 

 of the wings are of a bright bay : the lafl row 

 black, tipt with white: the great coverts black, 

 outwardly edged with red ; the quil-feathers the 

 fame : the back fpotted with red and black : tail 

 dufky. 



The lower mandible of the bill of the female is 

 white: beyond each eye is a line of white: the 

 head and whole upper part are brown, only on 

 the back are a few black fpots : the black and 

 white marks on the wings are obfcure; the lower 

 fide of the body is a dirty white. 



Sparrows are proverbially falacious ; they breed 



early 



