44 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



at Kimmeridge, Milborne St. Andrew's, Houghton, 

 Clenston, Little Bridy, and Weymouth. It was very 

 abundant at Wareham and the neighbourhood during 

 the severe winter of 1886-87. 



TKEE-SPAKROW. Passer monfamis, L. 



Tarrell, ii. p. 82 ; Ilayfing, p. 28 ; Dresser, iii. p. 597 ; Seehohm, 

 a. p. 69; Ibis List, p. 51. 



Resident, but, unlike its congener, the House- 

 Sparrow, its usual abode is far removed from human 

 habitation, although it frequents the farmyards in 

 winter. It prefers the wild and open parts of the 

 country. I have notes of one shot near Blandford 

 and two at Bishop's Caundle (J. C Dale), one at 

 Ensbury, in March 1861 (J. H. Austen), and one 

 seen at Bloxworth by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. A 

 small flock was seen at the west end of the Down 

 House plantation, November 30, 1886. 



HOUSE-SPAREOW. Passer domesHcus, L. 



Yarrell, ii. p. 89 ; Hariing, p. 28 ; Dresser, iii. p. 587 ; Seehohm, 

 ii. p. 63 ; Ibis List, p. 51; FringilLa domestica, Pulteney's 

 List, p. II, 



A common resident; subject to occasional varia- 

 tion of plumage. Specimens of a buff colour, and 

 others with more or less white about them, have 

 been procured at Winterbourne Kingston, and else- 

 where in the neighbourhood. 



