CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE SPARROWS, BUNTINGS, AND LARKS. 



The House Sparrow is one of the common birds 

 of Bombay. 

 It is a hand- 

 somer bird 

 here than 

 it is in Eng- 

 land. Its 

 c olours are 

 brighter and 

 better defin- 

 ed. On this 

 account a n 

 ill-ad vi sed 

 attempt was 

 made to raise 

 it to the rank 

 of a distinct 

 species, and 

 it appears in 

 Jerdon a s 

 Passer indi- 

 <cus. No good 



C O m e S of Black-headed Bunting an.i Finch Lark. 

 these u n- 



necessary distinctions. The Sparrow is a cosmo- 

 politan, and its name in science is Passer domes- 

 ticus. It is a vulgar little body, which tries to 



