Check list 1983 

 A.O.U.NQ. 



NAME - English (House) Sparrow ** 

 (Passer domesticus) 



DATE - April 15, 1932 

 NO. - 5 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



0.87 x 0.68 0.88 x O.67 

 SIZES - 0.88 x O.69 0.86 x O.69 



0.86 x O.69 



SITUATION - This birds rather bulky nest 

 was located about ten feet off the ground on 

 a rafter inside a tool shed at Gibson's Farm 

 about four miles southof Big Stone Gap, Va. 

 The nest was composed a mass of weeds, trash 

 ( newspaper and string fragments ) , grasses, 

 and leaves . The entance was in front and 

 measured about 2" in diameter. The inside 

 was lined with finer grasses, hair, and many 

 feathers - mostly chicken. Inside diam. 2-3" 



The five fresh, slightly glossy 

 grayish white , oval eggs were spotted and 

 dotted with shades of gray and light tan. 



^ 3 If 

 - 688.2 



** (House Sparrow) A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



