MDDM Prologue: passerine

[Otto]

>
> passerine adj. 1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Passeriformes, an
> order of birds characterised by the perching habit: includes larks,
finches,
> crows, thrushes, starlings, etc 2. any bird belonging to the order
> Passeriformes [C18: from Latin *passer* sparrow]
>

As the saying goes:
"Die Spatzen sind die Kommunisten unter den Vögeln -- niemand mag sie!"
"Sparrows are the communists among the birds . . . nobody likes them."

Otto