12CMS.,SIMILAR TO HOUSE SPARROW BUT SMALLER AND SLIMMER.MALE HAS GREY CROWN,HIND-NAPE AND SIDES OF NECK;SMALLER,NEATER BLACK BIB;CHESTNUT- BROWN LINE AROUND EAR COVERTS;REDDISH-BROWN RUMP.FEMALE HAS LONGER,WELL DEFINED PALE SUPERCILIUM;GREYER CROWN AND EAR COVERTS;WHITE UNDERPARTS.FOUND NEAR SHISHAM,ACACIAS,SCRUB AND GRASS-LAND IN VICINITY OF WATER IN INDUS FLOODPLAINS.FEEDS MAINLY ON SEEDS OF GRASSES,AND OTHER PLANTS.