COMMON ok HOUSE-SPARROW. 



PASSER DOMESTICUS [Linn.). 



Fringilla domestica, Linn. S.N. i. p. 323 (1766) ; Naum. iv. 

 p. 453. 



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

 Yarr. ed. 4, ii. p. 89; Dresser, iii. p. 587. 



Moineau domestique, French ; Haus-Sperling , German ; 

 Gorrion, Spanish. 



Abundant and resident throughout the British Islands 

 and the continent of Europe, with the exception of Italy, 

 Sicily, Sardinia, and Malta, in which localities it is repre- 

 sented by very closely allied forms, viz. Passer italice and 

 P. saliceti. 



Our Sparrow is seldom met with far from human 

 habitations, except during harvest, when it extends its 

 ravaging expeditions to great distances. 



