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(Passer domesticus.) 
THE bill is dusky; the top of head and back of 
neck bluish-ash; the throat, fore part of neck, and 
between the eyes and beak, black; a few light feathers 
are seen from the corner of the eyes; cheeks whitish ; 
the breast and under parts pale brown-grey; the 
back and wing-coverts reddish-brown, each feather 
being marked darker in the middle, the wing-coverts - 
being tipped with white, forming a bar across the 
wing ; the quill-feathers are dusky with reddish edges ; 
tail-coverts grey-brown edged with light colour; legs 
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