456 



SPARROW FINCH. Class II. 



4. Sparrow. Fringilla domestica. Fr. remi- 

 gibus rectricibusque fuscis, 

 corpore griseo nigroque, fa- 

 scia alarum alba solitaria. 

 Lath. Ind. orn. 432. id. 

 Syn. iii. 248. id. Sup. l63. 



Le Moineau, Paisse, ou Mo- 

 isson. Belon av. 361. 



Passer. Gesner av. 643. 



Aldr. av. ii. -246. 



Passera nostrale. Olina, 42. 



The House-sparrow. Wil. orn. 

 24Q. 



Raii Syn. av. 86. 



Le Moineau franc. Brisson av. 



iii. 72. Hist, d'ois. iii. 474. 



Pl.Enl. 6.f. 1.55. £ 1. 

 Fringilla domestica. Gm. Lin. 



925. 

 Tatting, Grasparf. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 242. 

 Danis Graae-Spurre. Norveg. 



Huus-Kald. Br. 264. 

 Hausspatz. Kram. 369. 

 Grabetz. Scopoli. No. 220. 

 Br. Zool. ii. 300. Arct. Zoel. 



ii. 73. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Jl HE bill of the male is black ; the crown 

 of the head grey; under each eye is a black 

 spot, and above the corner a broad bright 

 bay mark, which surrounds the hind part 

 of the head ; the cheeks are white ; the chin 

 and under side of the neck are black ; the 

 latter edged with white ; the belly of a dirty 

 white ; the lesser coverts of the wings are of 

 a bright bay; the last, row black, tipt with 

 white ; the great coverts black, outwardly edged 

 Avith red ; the quil feathers the same; the back 

 spotted with red and black ; the tail dusky. 

 The lower mandible of the bill of the female 

 is white ; beyond each eye is a line of white ; 



