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GRANIVOR^E. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Passer. (Brisson.) 



Generic Characters. — Beak short, slightly convex, and curved 

 at the tip, the border of the upper mandible slightly over- 

 lapping the inferior. "Wings medium size, the second primary 

 the longest. Tarsi nearly as long as the middle toe; claws 

 sharp and curved; tail nearly square, and of medium size. 



ROCK SPARROW. 



Passer petronia. 



Passer petronia, Schlegel. Degland. 



" sylvestris, Beisson. 



Fringillu- petronia, Linnaeus. GrMELrsr. Latham. 



" " Keyseeling and Blasius. 



" " Temminck. Schinz. Naumann. 



Coccothraustes petronia, Cuviee. Lesson. 



Petronia rupestris, Bonapaete. 



Moineau Soulcie, Of the Feench. 



Steinsperling, Of the Geemans. 



Passera Lagia, Savi. 

 Ping Sparrow, Foolish, 



Speckled, and White-tailed 



Sparrow, Latham. 



Specific Characters. — The tail is large; each of the tail feathers, 

 except the two middle, marked with a round patch of white on 



