Bae cl os Nie Coe He . 255 
till fpring. In the-colder climates fcarce ever feen in numbers 
together. Is a tender bird, often being found dead in the hol- 
lows of trees in hard winters. It lives both on feeds and 
infects *. 
One very like this was found in Norton Sound, by our late 
circumnavigators. 
Le Moineau fou, Brif- orn. iii. p. 87.5. 
Paffer ftultus Bononienfium, Raii Syn. p. 87- 1.—O/in. uc. pl. in p. 45. 
Foolifh Sparrow, Will. orn. p» 249+ 
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FOOLISH SP. 
‘IZ E of the Houfe Sparrow. Above, rufous grey fpotted with Description. 
ruit-colour: over the eye a white ftreak, and a yellow fpot 
on the throat: beneath, yellowifh: two bands of white on the 
wings; and a blackifh tail, edged with rufous. 
Le Moineau;de Bologne, Bri/. orn. ili. p. gl. 7- @ 
Paffer maculatus, Razz Syn. p. 87. 3. SPECKLED SP; 
Speckled Sparrow, Will. orn. p. 250. N° 4. 
SIZE of the laft. Bill yellow: irides white: head, and neck, DescripTione 
the fame, marked with yellowifh fpots: back, and rump, 
black, white, and yellowifh, mixed: under parts yellowifh white : 
quills dufky : tail, and legs, yellowith. 
* Le Moineau de Campagne, ou le Friquet, and le Moineau a Collier, Brif. 
ora, ill. p. 82. 85. feem not to differ eflentially from this fpecies. 
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