The Cock and Hen Sparrows from Bengal.
Numb. LH.
I 1 H I S Bird is fomewhat bigger than our common
J- Houfe Sparrow; its Bill large ancl iharp pointed, of
a horn Colour; the Irides of the Eyes whitifh; the Top
of the Head of a beautiful yellow with a Shade of orange
Colour; the upper Side of the Neck, Back, Wings, and
Tail were of a dusky Colour, the Edges of the Feathers
light hair Colour: it had a broad Stripe of the fame Colour
reaching round the Breait: the Chin, under Side of
the Neck and Belly were of a light hair Colour with a
Tin&ure of yellow; the Legs and Feet orange Colour;
the Claws cinereous: The Hen was of the fame Colour
but more dark; the Stripes acrofs the Breait not fo broad
as in the Cock.
Thefe Birds are in the Collection of Mr. Jofeph Ban-
dridge, to whom I have been obliged for feveral curious
Birds. Thefe Sparrows were fent to him from the Bay
of Bengal in the Eafi-lndies.
T A e* B e st# e t& ~ S n a m r r f JPa/o
