P A S S E R E S. 

 Fam. FPJNGILLID^. 



Bill short, thick at the hase, conic, tip acute and entire ; culmen more or less flattened. 

 Nostrils round, basal, placed near the culmen ; gape smooth. Wings moderately long, the first 

 three quills nearly equal. Tail of 12 feathers, not longer than the wing, even or forked. Legs 

 and feet stout. Tarsus covered with transverse scutes ; hind toe of medium size. 



Of small size. 



Genus PASSER. 

 Bill very short, compressed towards the tip, tumid at the base ; the culmen flattened. 

 Nostrils small, round, placed in a membrane, partly concealed by tufts. Wings with the first 

 three quills subequal, the 1st either shorter than, or equal to, the 2nd. Tail shorter than the 

 wings, even at the tip. Tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw, protected by stout transverse 

 scales; lateral toes subequal and much shorter than the middle one ; hind claw moderately large. 



PASSEE DOMESTICUS. 



(THE COMMON HOUSE-SPARROW. 



Passer domes fie us, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 323 (1766); Shelley, B. of Egypt, p. 148 (1872); 

 Dresser, B. of Europe, pt. 4S (1876) ; Irby, B. of Gibraltar, p. 119 (1875) ; Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1876, p. 114; Newton's Ed. Yarr. B. Birds, vol. ii. p. 89 (1876). 



Passer indicus, Jardine & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 118 (184S) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 

 p. 119 (1849); Kelaart, Brodromus, Cat. p. 126 (1852); Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. 1854, xiii. p. 258 ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E. I. Co. ii. p. 499 (1856) ; 

 Jerdcm, B. of Ind. ii. p. 362 (1863) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 41 ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, 

 p. 4C 1 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, ii. p. 457 (1S74) ; id. Str. Feath. 1873, p. 209 ; Adam, 

 f. e. p. 387 ; Ball, ibid. 1874, p. 421 ; Tweeddale & Blyth, B. of Burm. p. 93 (1S75); 

 Oates, Str. Feath. 1875, p. 156; Brooks, t. c. p. 254; Butler & Hume, t. c. p. 496; 

 Fairbank, ibid. 1877, p. 408 ; Hume & Davison, B. of Tenass., Str. Feath. 1878, p. 406 ; 

 Ball, ibid. vii. p. 222 ; Cripps, t. c. p. 294. 



Pyrgita domestica (Linn.), Hodgs. Zool. Miscel. 1844, p. 84. 



Philip Sparrow, Old English ; The Indian House- Sparrow. Gorrion, Spanish ; Bertal, 

 Moorish (Irby) ; Haussperling, German ; Musch, Dutch ; Pardal, Portuguese ; Gouriya, 

 Hind, in North ; Churi, Ehas churi, Hind, in South ; Charia, Chatta, Bengal. ; TJH-pkkike, 

 Telugu ; Adike lam kuruvi, Tarn. (Jerdon) ; Pastro pardal or Pardan, Ceylon 

 Portuguese ; Addikalati, lit. " Sheltering bird," Tamils in Ceylon. 



Gt wal-kurulla, lit. " House-bird," Sinhalese ; also Geh-kurulla, Layard. 



