THE SPARROW 
Passer domesticus 
Top of head a bluish-grey, margined with deep chestnut 
band over the eye and ear-coverts; black chin and collar; 
a white spot behind the eye; under-parts a silvery 
grey; wing chestnut with black spots, with a white bar 
across it; tail-feathers brown with lighter edges; eyes 
hazel; legs and beak pale brown. Entire length, 5:5 
inches. 
Mr. M. J. Nicoxt thinks that the Egyptian 
Sparrow is a separate local variety, being always 
lighter and brighter coloured on the back. Spar- 
rows here, as elsewhere, distinctly follow man. 
Where no men are, you will find no Sparrows. 
Get only half a mile into the sandy plain that 
fringes the cultivation and you will look in vain, or 
go up the steep hills, and you may walk for miles 
and miles and never see one. But if you come 
across some of the old-time caravan roads, or a 
place where there has been an encampment, then, 
however wild the surroundings and otherwise far 
away from civilized life, you will very likely find a 
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