. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . , f. 1, but not a goodfigure; Gould, B. of E., pi. 186. 128 GRANIVOILE. Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Passer. ( ITALIAN HOUSE SPARROW. Passer domesticus cisalpinus. Passer domesticus cisalpinus, Schlegel. var. B, Keyserling et Blasius. Italics, Bonaparte. Italicus, Degland. Fringilla cisalpina, Temminck. Pyrgita Italics, Vieillot. Moineau cisalpin, Of the French. Italianischer Haussperling, Of the Germans. Passera Reale, Savi. capannaja, Stor. Characters of Variation.—Back, light chesnut and black; top o
. A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles . , f. 1, but not a goodfigure; Gould, B. of E., pi. 186. 128 GRANIVOILE. Family FRINGILLIDJE. (Bonaparte.) Genus Passer. ( ITALIAN HOUSE SPARROW. Passer domesticus cisalpinus. Passer domesticus cisalpinus, Schlegel. var. B, Keyserling et Blasius. Italics, Bonaparte. Italicus, Degland. Fringilla cisalpina, Temminck. Pyrgita Italics, Vieillot. Moineau cisalpin, Of the French. Italianischer Haussperling, Of the Germans. Passera Reale, Savi. capannaja, Stor. Characters of Variation.—Back, light chesnut and black; top ofthe head and nape maroon or brown; flanks unicolorous; the firstprimary is longer than the third, and very nearly as long as thesecond, which is slightly the longest in the wing; wings reachmore than half way down the tail. Length about six inches. It is impossible to resist the fact that the present isonly a permanent variety of the Domestic Sparrow. Ihave endeavoured with the greatest care, by a comparisonof specimens, to detect any real specific difference, but. ITALIAN HOUSE SPARROW. 1-9 without success. The Italian bird differs from the Do-mestic Spaxrow in some unimportant yet permanentcolouration, and the wings extend further down the tailwhen closed. There is also a slight difference in thesecond primary, which is relatively to the first andsecond longer than in the Domestic Sparrow. But thereare the same general dimensions precisely; the flanksand abdomen are of the same unicolorous dull grey;the black markings on the throat and crop are of thesame character, and defined by the white of thecheeks and side of the neck with a similar sharp anddistinct outline. The habits too are precisely similar,and it is only as a variety under the name given it bySchlegel, that I admit it into this work. The Cisalpine Sparrow replaces the common typethroughout the whole of Sicily. It is found during itsmigration in the south of France, and has been noticedby Strickland as occurring
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