PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS. 
(SPANISH SPARROW.) 
Fringilla hispaniolensis, 'Temm. Man. d’Orn. i. p. 353 (1820). 
Fringilla cisalpina, Aud. Descr. de Kg. p. 285, pl. 5. fig. 7 (1825). 
Fringilla salicicola, Vieill. Faune Frang. p. 417 (1828). 
Pyrgita hispanica, C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 266 (1831). 
Pyrgita egyptiaca, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1831). 
Pyrgita orientalis, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1831). 
Pyrgita arcuata, C. L. Brehm, ut supra (1831). 
Pyrgita salicaria, Bp. Comp. List, p. 50 (1838). 
Pyrgita hispaniolensis (Temm.), Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 100 (1835-40). 
Passer domesticus, var. y. salicarius, Keys. & Blas. Wirbelth. Eur. p. 40 (1840). 
Passer salicarius (Bp.), Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. 64 (1844). 
Passer hispaniolensis (Temm.), Degl. Orn. Eur. p. 209 (1849). 
Passer salicicola (Vieill.), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. 1. p. 509 (1850). 
Spanish Sparrow, Willow Sparrow, English; Moineau espagnol, French; Pardal, Portu- 
guese; Gorrion, Spanish; Zasuch, Arabic. 
Figure notabiles. 
Gould, B. of Eur. pl. 185. fig. 1; Roux, Orn. Prov. pl. 84. 
3 ad. ptil. est. P. domestico similis, sed pileo leté castaneo, dorso saturatiore, dorsi plumis nonnullis ad basin 
albis et eodem colore marginatis: tectricibus alarum minoribus nigricantibus, nonnullis vix fulvido 
marginatis: gula, gutture et pectore saturaté nigris, hypochondriis valdé nigro striatis: rostro nigro, 
iride fuscA: pedibus pallidé cinnamomeis. 
2 ad. haud a foemina P. domestici distinguenda. 
6 ad. ptil. hiem. corpore supra pallidiore quam in ptilosi estivali, pilei et nuchze plumis fusco-cinereo margi- 
natis: hypochondriis et pectore sordidioribus, plumis albido marginatis: rostro sordidé flavicante. 
Adult Male (Aranjuez, Spain, 14th May). Differs from the male of Passer domesticus in having the crown 
rich chestnut-red, the back darker, some of the feathers with broad white margins and white at the 
base; the lesser wing-coverts are blackish, some with narrow light fulvous edges; the throat (except at 
the sides), the breast, and sides of the breast and lower neck are deep black, the flanks being broadly 
striped with black; beak black; legs light cinnamon; iris dark brown. ‘Total length about 6 inches, 
culmen 0°52, wing 3°05, tail 2°45, tarsus 0°85. 
Adult Female (Seville, March). Resembles the female of Passer domesticus so closely that I can discover 
no character by which it may with certainty be distinguished. 
4p 2 
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