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GRANIVORvE. 



Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) 



Genus Passer. (Brisson.J 



SPANISH SPAEEOW. 



Passer salicarius. 



Passer salicarius, Vieileot. 



Fringilla Hispaniolensis, Temminck. 



" sardoa, Savi. 



Passer domesticus salicarius, Keyserling- et Beasius-. 



Moineau a poitrine Noir, Of the French. 



Schwarzbrilstiger Sperling, Of the Germans. 



Passera sarda, Savi. 



Specific Characters. — Top of the head deep chesnut or maroon - T 

 back black, with longitudinal streaks of cream-colour; flanks 

 thickly spotted with black on a dirty white ground. The first 

 primary the longest in the wing, but nearly equalled by the 

 second and third, and all of them longer than the fourth. 

 Length about six inches; carpus to tip three inches; tarsus nine 

 lines; middle^toe and claw eleven lines; beak six lines; tail two 

 inches and a half. 



The Spanish Sparrow lias very strong structural 

 affinities with the House Sparrow, but its ornamentation 

 and habits are so decidedly different that I think there 

 can be no doubt of its specific distinction. Professor 



