English Sparrow; House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

“Topography of a Bird,” from Elliot Coues, Key to North American Birds (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

H. L. Clark, Birds of Amherst and Vicinity (1887; 1906)
- Common name English Sparrow
- Scientific name (Clark) Passer domestica Linn .
- Occurrence Abundant resident
- Presence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
- Clark's fieldnotes, first and second editions (synthesized) ENGLISH SPARROW . Ashy - gray ; middle of back , streaked with black and bay ; crown , bordered on each side with chestnut ; beneath , ashy - white ; chin and throat , black . Female is without the chestnut on crown , or black on throat . Length , 6 inches . Abundant resident , being absent only in the severest winter weather . Raises 3 – 4 broods . Eggs 4 - 7 , grayish - white , spotted with a very dark shade of gray . Nest of cotton , feathers , string , grass , etc . , in holes in trees , bird - houses , etc . Eggs laid from A pril to August . Feeds on grain , seeds , buds , leaves , flowers of fruit trees , etc . VERY INJURIOUS . Notes , loud and quarrelsome ; a most disagreeable chatter .
A. C. Bagg & S. A. Eliot, Jr., Birds of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts (1937)
- Common name House or English Sparrow
- Scientific name Passer domesticus
- Occurrence Common permanent resident about buildings, almost never seen away from them. —Bagg & Eliot
Complete Annotated List Amherst Birds 1977/2008 (Fischer & Westover) [formerly Mass Audubon, Birds of Massachusetts (2020)]
- Common name House Sparrow
- Scientific name Passer domesticus
- Occurrence Resident. This Old World native was introduced and reintroduced at many locations in North America starting in the 1850s and by about 1910 had spread throughout nearly the entire continent.