HOUSE SPARROW. 



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The eggs, four to six, are a pale olive green, spotted 

 with brownish black and irregularly streaked with dusky 

 olive brown. They cannot be easily confused with the 

 eggs of any other British bird. 



HOUSE SPARROW. 



PASSER DOMESTICUS, 



Family Passerid^. Sub-family Fringillin^, Genus Passer. 



House Sparrow— Common Sparrow — Sprug. 



This, we may fairly consider, is our commonest 

 resident bird. In all parts, whether on the roofs and 



