GRANIVOR^. 
Family FILING ILLIDjE, ( Bonaparte. ) 
Genus Passer. ( Brisson.J 
ITALIAN HOUSE SPARROW. 
Passer domesticus cisalpinus. 
Passer domesticus cisalpinus, 
“ “ var. B, 
“ Italia, 
“ Italicus, 
Fringilla cisalpina, 
Pyrgita Italia, 
Moineau cisalpin, 
Italianischer Ilaussperling, 
Passera. Reale, 
“ capannaja. 
SCHLEGEL. 
Keysekling et Blasius. 
Bonapaete. 
Degland. 
Temminck. 
ViEILLOT. 
Of the Feench. 
Of the Geemans. 
Savi. 
Stor. 
Characters of Variation. — Back, light chesnut and black ; top of 
the bead and nape maroon or brown; flanks unicolorous; tbe first 
primary is longer than tbe third, and very nearly as long as tbe 
second, which is slightly tbe longest in tbe wing; wings reach 
more than half way down tbe tail. Length about six inches. 
It is impossible to resist the fact that the present is 
only a permanent variety of the Domestic Sparrow. I 
have endeavoured with the greatest care, by a comparison 
of specimens, to detect any real specific difference, but 
