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ACCOUNT OF WHITE SPARROWS. 473
a scholar, and a gentleman. Notwithstanding all the
deep drawbacks upon his property, Mr. Warner died ex-
tremely rich. He never went to church; but the report
of his having been of the Roman Catholic religion has
been contradicted by the authority of his friends.
His remains were conveyed in a hearse from his vene-
rable mansion to the parish church for interment, pre-
ceded by a number of his tenants on horseback, and fol-
lowed by several of the most distinguished gentlemen in
the neighbourhood in their carriages, and by a great
concourse of spectators. The pall was supported by
Henry Styleman, Esq. high sheriff of the conntyq Sir
George Chadd, Bart. Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. T. W?
Coke, Esq. Henry Jodrell, Esq. and the Rev.W. Astley'.
The chief mourners wrere Mr. Woodward, one of Mr.
Warner’s nephew’s, and Dr. Bragge of Lynn, to whom
the principal part of his extensive property is bequeathed.
Singular Account of some White Sparrows.
To THE EDITOR OF THE WONDERFUL AND SCIENTIFIC
MUSEUM.
Sir,
In Saint George’s Fields, and its neighbourhood, white
sparrows are frequently seen; they are very shy; various
but ineffectual attempts having been made to take them
alive.
I have often seen them associating with the common
sparrowr; wdien flying they appear entirely of a snow'
white, but a nearer view of them upon the ground disco-
vers a very small portion of a dusky brown colour upon
the covert of the wings: they have made their appear-
ance during the last half year. I have also seen this
kind of white sparrows (probably the same I have just
mentioned) in Bloomsbury and Russel Squares, and their
Vol,IL ooq vicinity.
a scholar, and a gentleman. Notwithstanding all the
deep drawbacks upon his property, Mr. Warner died ex-
tremely rich. He never went to church; but the report
of his having been of the Roman Catholic religion has
been contradicted by the authority of his friends.
His remains were conveyed in a hearse from his vene-
rable mansion to the parish church for interment, pre-
ceded by a number of his tenants on horseback, and fol-
lowed by several of the most distinguished gentlemen in
the neighbourhood in their carriages, and by a great
concourse of spectators. The pall was supported by
Henry Styleman, Esq. high sheriff of the conntyq Sir
George Chadd, Bart. Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. T. W?
Coke, Esq. Henry Jodrell, Esq. and the Rev.W. Astley'.
The chief mourners wrere Mr. Woodward, one of Mr.
Warner’s nephew’s, and Dr. Bragge of Lynn, to whom
the principal part of his extensive property is bequeathed.
Singular Account of some White Sparrows.
To THE EDITOR OF THE WONDERFUL AND SCIENTIFIC
MUSEUM.
Sir,
In Saint George’s Fields, and its neighbourhood, white
sparrows are frequently seen; they are very shy; various
but ineffectual attempts having been made to take them
alive.
I have often seen them associating with the common
sparrowr; wdien flying they appear entirely of a snow'
white, but a nearer view of them upon the ground disco-
vers a very small portion of a dusky brown colour upon
the covert of the wings: they have made their appear-
ance during the last half year. I have also seen this
kind of white sparrows (probably the same I have just
mentioned) in Bloomsbury and Russel Squares, and their
Vol,IL ooq vicinity.