BLACK SPARROW, 
Sparrow is found in the Antilles, in Jamaica,; 
in Mexico, in Cayenne, in Brasil, in the king- 
dom of Juida, in Abyssinia, in Java, and as 
far as Macao ; that is, in all the tropical f 
countries both of the New and of the Ok 
•Continent." 
It IS manifest, from the above account, thai 
our Black Sparrow of Sir Hans Sloane, and oi ' 
Edwards, is the Black Father, or Pere Noir. 
cf the inhabitants of the French West Indi; 
Islands; and the Mexican Yohnaltototl, men 
tioned by Fernandez. The Brasil Sparrow 
as BnfFon suggests, may also be a variety onl - 
of the Black Sparrow: but the Long-Taile 
Sparrow, we incline to think, is a quite dif 
ferent species ; probably, even a different genu? 
Edwards has figured the Ring-Tailed Sparrov ^ 
with the Duiky Linnet, on one Plate ; an 
the Linnasan List has only a single name fc 
both — Emberiza Principalis. In the Systen 
Naturae, however, there is no species wha 
ever, of the Emberiza, which is named Prii 
cipalis. This is another unaccountable error 
With regard to the colour of this Bb 
Sparrc 
