Indian Birds 



8i. Gymnorhis flavicollis : The Yellow- 

 throated Sparrow. (F. 775), (J. 711), (I.) 



A near relative of the common house 

 sparrow. In appearance it is like a particu- 

 larly tidy and slenderly built hen sparrow. 

 It may be readily distinguished by its having 

 a pale yellow patch on the throat, bright in the 

 cock and dull in the hen. 



This species frequents gardens, but is far 

 less familiar in its behaviour than Passer 

 domesticus. It nests in holes, usually in trees. 



Not found so far east as Calcutta. In the 

 Punjab it is a summer visitor, whither it 

 repairs for breeding purposes. 



82. Passer domesticus : The Common Spar- 

 row or House Sparrow. (F. Jj6)^ (J. 706), (I.) 



Description of this familiar and ubiquitous 

 bird is quite superfluous. I give it merely for 

 the sake of completeness. 



Cock : Top of head and lower back ashy 

 grey, throat black, cheeks and sides of neck 

 pure white, streak over the eye and upper back 

 chestnut, wings and tail brown, the former with 

 a white bar ; lower plumage dirty white. 



Hen : A dull brown bird with dirty white 

 under parts ; reddish - white eyebrow and 

 white wing bar. 



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