BLACK SPARROW. 
in the Female. The head, back, wings, and 
tail, are of an ash-coloured brown, like that of 
a Common Hen Sparrow. The first row of 
coverts, above the quills, and the covert- 
feathers on the upper side of the tail, are 
brighter, and incline to orange-colour. The 
tails, in both Male and Female, have twelve 
feathers. The covert-feathers within-side of 
the wings are of a yellowish white. The 
.feathers on the belly and thighs are v,'hitish, a 
t'.little shaded with light ash-cclour. The legs 
sand feet are dusky. 
The Male has been described by Sir Hans 
Sloane, in his History of Jamaica, but he has 
■given no figure of it ; nor is it figured^ I be- 
lieve, by any other author. Brisson has given 
a figure and description of a Black Sparrow, 
which he supposes to be that of Sloane: but 
the bill of his is too much arched, and his de-. 
scription differs too much, for me to conclude 
that his bird is specifically the same v/ith 
Sloane's, and this of mine here figured." 
BulFon, in his history and description of 
Foreign Birds related to the House Sparrow, • 
describes 
