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Definition of Passer montanus
1. Noun. Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow.
Generic synonyms: Sparrow, True Sparrow
Group relationships: Genus Passer, Passer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Passer Montanus
| Pasiphae Pasir Ris Paspalum dilatatum Paspalum distichum Paspalum notatum |
Literary usage of Passer montanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"No/ice of the passer montanus, the Tree Sparrow, shot near Dunbar. By JOHN
ALEXANDER SMITH, MD The passer montanus, the Tree Sparrow (exhibited), ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1859)
"passer montanus, Temm. and ... not in good plumage, but is interesting on account
of its similarity in colors only to the common passer montanus of Europe. ..."
3. New Mallophaga by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Robert E. Snodgrass (1896)
"(2) Notici of the passer montanus, the Tree Sparrow, »hot near Dunbar. By JOHN
ALEXANDER SMITH, MD, The passer montanus, the Tree Sparrow (exhibited), ..."
4. Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds by George Montagu, James Rennie (1831)
"2 passer montanus, Raii, Syn. p. 87. 15.— This species is rather less than the
house sparrow; length five inches and a half. Bill black ; irides greyish ..."
5. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"MOUNTAIN FINCH (Fringilla montifringilla). TREE SPARROW (passer montanus).
The existence of this species is rather dubious. I saw a pair of birds one day at ..."
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