The Common House Sparrow is also Fascinating - Female sparrows preferentially select males with larger black bibs. This article outlines how the examination of a collection of 1000 skins helped explain why this should be so. - http://www.birdresearch.dk/gb/gsparrow.htm
Missing! - Ten Million House Sparrows - Information on House Sparrow decline from The British Trust for Ornithology. - http://www.bto.org/appeals/house_sparrow.htm
In Europe, the Case of the Missing Sparrows - Article from the Christian Science Monitor about the decline of House Sparrows. - http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1227/p01s03-woeu.html
Passer domesticus - New Zealand introduced bird, the House Sparrow. - http://nzbirds.com/Sparrow.html