Vorohey. Spanish, Gorrion. Swedish, Ilussparf. Swiss, Tatting^ 

 Sparf. 

 Bengalese, Charia or Chata (Jerdou and Blyth). Hindoo, Churi and 

 Khas Churii (Jerdon). Gowrya (Blyth). Tamils in Ceylon, 

 Gewal-Kurulla (Legge). Tam, AdiJn lam Kuravi (Jerdon). 

 Sinhalese, Geh Eiindla (Layard). Teluga, Uri-jnckike (Jerdon). 



Habitat. Europe, from Siberia in the North to Egypt and Nubia in 

 the South, and from England in the West to Ceylon, the Bast 

 Indies, and Siam, in the Bast. 



Introduced into Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Reunion, Mada- 

 gascar, Comoro Islands, United States of America, Canada, and 

 many other places. 



Male Adult Summer, India. Crown and nape pale grey ; a chestnut band behind the eye 

 widening and uniting on the hind neck ; a small white spot above hind corner of eye ; 

 mantle, scapulars, greater and lesser wing-coverts chestnut-brown, the inner half of each 

 feather nearly black, excepting the latter ; primaries, secondaries and tail dull brown, 

 edged with brownish-buff, broader on the secondaries, quills blackish ; median coverts 

 tipped with white, black at the base ; rump, upper tail-coverts, sides of chest, sides and 

 ilanks dirty ashy grey ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts blackish, edged with pale 

 brown ; cheeks and sides of neck white ; a narrow frontal band, lores, chin and throat 

 black; breast, underparts, undersides of wing-and coverts, and under tail-coverts dirty 

 creamy white, paling towards the abdomen : iris hazel brown ; bill black, legs light 

 brown : length 5'3, wing 2'9, tail 2 3, tars. 065, culm. 0'4. 



Female Adult Summer, Kingsbury, Above nearly uniform dirty brown; inner half of 

 feathers of mantle, scapulars and wing-coverts blackish brown ; margins of same tinged 

 with rufous ; primaries, secondaries and taU dark brown, more or less edged with rufous 

 and buffish white, quills shining dark brown ; median coverts creamy white, brown at 

 base; band behind eye reaching to nape, and sides of lower neck, fawn-colour : bastard- 

 wing and primary-coverts dark brown, faintly edged with buff; cheeks, breast, sides and 

 flanks pale earthy brown, paling towards chin and abdomen ; a slight indication of 

 black on centre of throat, and faint centres to feathers of breast ; underside of wing- 

 and coverts dull white ; under-tail coverts dirty white, darker in the centre, with brown 

 shaft stripe : iris light hazel ; bill brown, yellowish at base : length GO, wing 2-8, tail 

 2-2, tars. 07, culm. 0-45. 



Young of first year. Similar to female but paler, especially the margins to the feathers ; 

 the young males assuming the breeding dress by the following spring. 



