ELACK SPAP.ROW. 
describes the Black Sparrow in the following i 
terms— r ' 
There are," says he, after describing the 
Sepegal Sparrow, and the Red-Billed Senegal 
Sparrow, " other foreign birds, however, 
which, though analogous to the House Spar- 
row, must be regarded as of a diiierenL species. 
Such is the American Bird, which the inhabi- 
tants of the French West India islands call the 
Black Father—Pere Noir — represented in the 
Planches Eoluminees. It would appear to be 
settled not only in these islands', but on the 
continent of South America, as at Mexico: 
for it is described by Fernandez, under the 
Mexican name of Yohualtototl ; as well as 
mentioned by Sir rians Sloanc, as a native of 
Jamaica, under tlve name of the Black Spar- 
row marked with SalFrcn Spots. AVe suppose, 
also,, that the tvvo birds. Number 224, in the 
Planches Enluminees, are only varieties of this. 
The only thing which awakens this coniectlire 
is, that thev wei e fov.nd in climates very distant 
from cac!i other : ti ic n ; st ircm j^Iacao ; the se- 
coiid, iiomjava ; .irA Lhe thivc, troin Cayenne, 
I suii. couceive, iU;v\ ever, that ihey are vaiietie; 
