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38. Passer rufidorsalis Brehm = Passer domesticus arboreiis Bp. 



Passer rufidorsalis Brehm, Naumannia, 1855. p. 277 (N.E. Africa). 



Tjrpe : (J ad., " Blauer Nil " 25. x. 1850., A. E. Brehm, coll. 



This specimen is now marked Passer rufidorsalis medius, but such a namo 

 was never pubUshed. In 1856, Naumannia, pp. 376. 377, Brehm described 

 Passer rufiAorsalis megarhynchos and microrhynchos, names which he evidently 

 altered when relabelling his specimens. The description of his " megurhyiichos " 

 agrees perfectly with the bird from October 25, 1850, and it is, in my opinion^ 

 the original type of both rufidorsalis, 1855, Bind rufidorsalis megurhynckos , 1856, 



39. Pyrgita minor Brehm = Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis. 



Pynjita minor Brehm, Isis. 1842. p. 897 * (" Egyple.i unci Biicliara, Vorderasien "). 



Type : " S hieme, ex Aegytpo allatus a RiippeUio." 



Ill case the Spanish Sparrow from Egypt should be separated in future, 

 Brehms name would have the priority over Tschusis Passer hispaniolensis 

 tmshingtoni (cf. Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 156), and over Passer rufipectus Bonaparte. 



40. Pyrgita septentrionalis Brehm = Passer montanus montanus. 



Pyrgiia s'jptentrionalis Brehm, Handb. Naliir(/. Voj. Deutschl. p. 268 (18.31 — " Er bewohnt den 

 Nordeii, namentlich Danemark bi.s Kiel "). 



Type : <J ad., Kiel, v. 1825. Probably collected by F. Boie. 



41. Miliaria valida Brehm = Emberiza calandra calandra. 

 Miliaria valida Brehm, Isis. 1841. pp. 55. 56 (Oria, Rodaj.t 



Type: <J ad., Orlatal, 10. i. 1820. C. L. Brehm leg. 



42. Miliaria crasslrostris Brehm = Emberiza' calayidra mlandra. 



Miliaria crasslros*.ris Breiim, Isis, 1841. pp. 5o. 57 (Mecklenburg). 



Type: S ad., Liibz in Mecklenburg, 5. v. IS.'Jl. H. Zander leg. 

 43. Miliaria altirostris Brehm = Emberiza calandra calandra. 



Miliaria aUirostris Brehm, Isis, 1841. pp. 36. 57 (J Dresden, 26. vi. 1835, Mecklenburg, Riigen,, 

 Alilsdorl). 



Type : S ad., Dresden, 26. vi. 1835. 



The case of the Corn-Buntings illustrates better than many others, that 

 Brehm's subspecies were by no means geographical forms, but varieties which 



• This name is to be added to the list of synonyms on p. 156, Vog. pal. Fauna. 



To the synonyms of Passer italiae, p. 152, should be added : Pyrgita itala Brehm, /sis, 1842. 

 p. 895 (" Oberitalien "). 



In Haitdb. Naturg. Vog. Deittschl. p. 1012, Brehm described a Sparrow from Triest, of which 

 he said that it had the bill of the German Sparrow and the markings of the Italian one, but on the- 

 forehead uf the male one grey spot. This, he says, may be called 



Pyrgita media Michahelles et Brehm. 

 The name has hitherto been overlooked, like a number of the others given in the Nachtrdge^ pp. 

 1006-1022. The type is, unfortunately, not in the collection, and as it is evidently a Passer italiae 

 (or a hybiid ?). the locality might be wrong, for Passer domesticus is the Sparrow of Triest, from 

 where I know of only one record of italiae. 



t This is the first description, and must be put in the place of the one quoted by me in Vog. 

 d. pal. Fauna, p. 166. The same appUes to the names meridionalis (described 1831) and minor antV 

 the names crassirostria and altiroatria must be added to the synonyms. 



