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FRINGILLID.E. 



INSESSORES. 

 CONlliOSTRES. 



FRI^GILLIDJE. 



THE HOUSE SPARROW. 



Fringilla domestica. The Sparrow, 



,, ,, House ,, 



The 



Pyrgita ,, House ,, 



Pastier domesticus, ,, ,, 



Fringilla domestica, ,, ,, 



Pyrgita ,, Common ,, 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 458. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 187. 



Flem. Brit. Ad. p. 83. 



Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 298. 



Jenvns, Brit. Vert. p. 134. 



Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xvi. 



Fr ins ilia 



Gros-bec moineau, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. i. p. 350. 



Of all our British Birds, the Common Sparrow alone is 

 found throughout the year, whether in country or town, at- 

 tached to, and identified with, the habitations of men ; and 

 such is the confident familiarity obtained by long intercourse, 

 that from the thatch of the cottage belonging to the peasant, 



