loveflower 2007-2-24 07:31
House Sparrow
<font size="3">A </font><a title="House Sparrow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Sparrow"><font size="3">House Sparrow</font></a><font size="3">, a "true <b><a title="Sparrow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrow">sparrow</a></b>" of the family <b>Passeridae</b>, as opposed to </font><a title="American sparrow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_sparrow"><font size="3">American sparrows</font></a><font size="3">. There are other birds, such as the </font><a title="Dunnock" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnock"><font size="3">Dunnock</font></a><font size="3">, also known as a Hedge Sparrow — a relic of the old practice of calling <i>any</i> small bird a "sparrow". There are 35 species of Old World sparrows, in four </font><a title="Genus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus"><font size="3">genera</font></a><font size="3">.</font>[attach]6384[/attach]<br/>