The House Sparrow is one of the common birds

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of Bombay. It is a handsomer bird here than it is in England. Its colours are brighter and better defined. On this account an ill-advised attempt was made to raise it to the rank of a distinct species, and it appears in Jerdon as Passer indicus. No good comes of these unnecessary distinctions. The Sparrow is a cosmopolitan, and its name in science is Passer domesticus. It is a vulgar little body, which tries to