sparrow

• Perhaps the sparrow was the embodiment of his cosmic revenge! —  MistressforaWeekend
• And, on the other hand, some of our common resident birds migrate from Norway in the winter The house-sparrow is as much at home in Norway as he is in every other land, but in winter he sticks close to the habitations, and were it not for the fact that the people are bird-lovers, sparrows would have a poor chance of picking up a living at this time of the year. —  Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
• The owners of vineyards, as well as the fruit farmers, complain of the ravages of the sparrows, and at the official investigation that I mentioned one vine grower testified that his crop of grapes the previous year would have been two tons, but the sparrows destroyed the entire lot Another bird almost as destructive as the sparrow is the mina or mino_, a bird which was brought here from India. —  The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent
• [132] Closely connected with the Greek tale is the Servian story of the dragon[133] whose "strength" (_snaga_) lies in a sparrow, which is inside a dove, inside a hare, inside a boar, inside a dragon (_ajdaya_) which is in a lake, near a royal city. —  Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
• But the sparrow is an unwelcome guest, whose entry into a cottage is a presage of woe. —  Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore

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