Sparrows
Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae
- House Sparrow, Passer domesticus (I)
- Grey-headed Sparrow, Passer griseus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow, Passer luteus
- Bush Petronia, Petronia dentata
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Famous quotes containing the word sparrows:
“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas’ grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears’ bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (1914–1965)
“It seemed as if the breezes brought him,
It seemed as if the sparrows taught him,
As if by secret sign he knew
Where in far fields the orchids grew.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves,
Are shaken with earth’s old and weary cry.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)