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For other uses, see Sparrow (disambiguation).The "true sparrows", the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae, are small passerine birds.The differences between sparrow species can be subtle.Sparrow (Passer gongonensis), at 18 cm (7 inches) and 42 g.In Australia and the Americas, early settlers imported some species which quickly naturalised, particularly in urban and degraded areas.They are broadly similar in structure and habits, but tend to be very colourful and vary greatly in their plumage.Most taxonomic schemes list the estrildid finches as the separate family Estrildidae, leaving just the true sparrows in Passeridae.It is a sparrow in name only, a relic of the old practice of calling any small bird a "sparrow".There are 35 species of Old World sparrows.The Greek poet Sappho, in her "Hymn to Aphrodite", pictures the goddess's chariot as drawn by sparrows.And provokes sharp pecks') makes the poet envious.Little eyes are slightly swollen and red from weeping').The sparrow's hopping is represented metrically.In the New Testament, Jesus reassures his followers that not even a sparrow can fall without God's notice, and that their own more significant suffering is certainly seen and potentially forestalled or redeemed by God.The Venerable Bede's (8th c.English poet John Skelton, Jane Scrope's laments for her dead sparrow are mixed with antiphonal Latin liturgy from the Office of the Dead.The bird is also alluded to in the line "He who lives by the stick, dies by the stick" in James Wilson's "The Stick Finch".In the Redwall series of fantasy novels, sparrows are somewhat important to the plot.They are portrayed as fierce fighters; the main sparrow character is Warbeak.In the novel The Dark Half, sparrows are called "psychopomps," creatures that carry spirits from the land of the dead to the land of the living.Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, as Hamlet faces his tragic fate."The sparrow hops along the veranda, with wet feet."This page was last modified 18:37, 14 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Click here to listen now.Download
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