Chinese sparrow 1, common sparrow, Passer domesticus 2, Indian white-breasted sparrow 3, Indian yellow-tailed sparrow 4, little sparrow, Fringilla ferruginea 5, red-headed finch, Amadina erythrocephala 6, blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius 7, and tree sparrow, Passer montanus 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Moses Harris from William Frederic Martyn’s A New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785. Pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor, Scottish priest, teacher and writer, 1758-1837.

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