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The sparrow appears to have been early known by the name of 

 " Philip," perhaps from its note, to which Catullus alludes, 



" Sed circumsiliens, modo hue, modo illuc, 

 Ad solam dominum usque pipilabat." 



In Lyly's * Mother Bombie ' we read, 



^ T^ ^ (( PfV 



Phip, phip, the sparrows as they 6y." 



And Skelton wrote a long poem, entitled ' Phylyppe Sparrow,' on the 

 death of a lady's sparrow. 



" Dismay'd not this our captains .>" 

 Yes, as sparrows eagles ! " 



Macbeth, Act i. Scene 2. 



" There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." 



Hamlet, Act v. Scene 2. 



In ' The Tempest ' (Act iv. Scene 1) Iris tells us that Cupid 



* * " Swears he will shoot no more, 

 But play with sparrows,^' 



And in ' Measure for Measure ' (Act iii. Scene 2), Lucio, speaking of 

 Angelo, the severe deputy Duke of Vienna, says : — 



" This ungenitur'd agent will unpeople the province with conlinency ; sparrows 

 must not build in his house, because they are lecherous." 



We are told of Cressida, when getting ready to see her lover, that 



" She fetches her breath as short as a new ta'en sparrow." 



Troilus and Cressida, Act iii. Scene 2. 



" And he that doth the ravens feed, yea, 

 Providently cater for the sparrow, be 

 Comfort to my age." 



As You, Like It, Act ii. Scene 3. 



Chough {Pyrrhocorax graculus). 



"■Tisa chough!" 



Hamlet, Act v. Scene 2. 



