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‖ Passeres, n. pl. Ornith.|ˈpæsəriːz|
[L. pl. of passer sparrow.]
An order of Birds typified by the genus Passer, including the perchers generally, and comprehending more than half of existing birds: see quot. 1894.
1872Nicholson Palæont. 395 The 6th order of Birds is that of the Insessors, or Perchers—often spoken of as the Passeres, or ‘Passerine’ Birds. 1894Newton Dict. Birds 697 Passeres, the name given by Linnæus to his Sixth Order of Birds, which though for a time set aside in favour of other designations, Insessores and the like, or modified into such a form as Passerinæ, has been restored to use of late years, and approximately in its author's sense—the genera Certhia, Sitta, Oriolus, Gracula, Corvus, and Paradisea, which he had placed in his Picæ, being added, while Caprimulgus, the portion of Hirundo containing the Swifts, and Columba have been removed. 1894R. B. Sharpe Handbk. Birds Gt. Brit. I. 1 The deep plantar tendons of the Passeres are of the simplest kind. |