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Genus PASSER, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 71 (1760). 



Passer = a Sparrow, in classical Latin. The original form was probably 

 *sparcf-ter (as sparstis = *spargtus ; rs then becomes ss, of. russum for rursum), 

 from the root of o-TropyiXos = some bird in Aristophanes {Av. 300), and of 

 airapyata = I swell, meaning " the wanton bird "; akin to our " Sparrow." 



Passer domesticus. House-Sparrow. 

 Fringilla domestic a, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 323 (1766). 

 Fringilla domestica^ Naum. iv. p. 453. 



Passer domesticus, Macg. i. p. 340; Hewitson, p. 209; Gray, 

 p. 100 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 521 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 546 ; Newton, 

 ii. p. 89; Gould, iii. pi. 32; Hurting, p. 28; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 587. 

 House Sparrow, Yarr. ed. 1, i. p. 474. 

 Domestictis = of or belonging to a house, domus. 



Universally resident in Great Britain, save in a few isolated 

 and desolate spots. Common throughout the Palsearctic 

 Region. It has been introduced in North America and in 

 most of our colonies. 



Passer montanus. Teee-Sparrow. 



Fringilla montana, Linnaus, S. N. i. p. 324 (1766). 



Fringilla montana, Naum. iv. p. 480. 



Passer montanus, Macg. i. p. 351 ; Hewitson, p. 207 ; Gray, 

 p. 100 ; Yarr. ed. 2, i. p. 516 ; id. ed. 3, i. p. 541 ; Newton, 

 ii. p. 82 ; Gould, iii. pi. 33 ; Hurting, p. 28 ; Dresser, iii. 

 p. 597. 

 Tree Sparrow, Yarr. ed.l, i. p. 469. 

 Montanus = of or belonging to mountains, mantes. 

 Sporadically distributed over most of England, except in the 

 extreme west and south; not known to breed in Wales or 

 the west of Scotland ; it is said to be resident near Dublin, 

 but is unknown elsewhere in Ireland. It occurs throughout 

 the Palsearctic Region, and in the Indian Region as far south 



as Java. 



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