1895. 



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27. PASSER MONTANUS DILUTUS, new subspecies. 



Type. — Xo. 150331, U.S.X.M., male, adult; Kasbgar, Easteru Turkes- 

 staii, March 21, 1894. Similar to P. montanus, but considerably i)aler 

 everywhere; no gray across breast; shoulders pale ciunamou-rufous 

 instead of chestnut; sides of body and under wing-coverts very i)ale 

 bufty white ; under side of primaries (or inner web) salmon buff. Wing, 

 2.83 ; tail, 2.23 ; tarsus, 0.71 ; culmen, 0.46 inches. 



This api)ears to be a very good pale form of the Tree Sparrow. The 

 specimen here described does not differ from the true P. montamis in 

 the extent of black on the throat, but Dr. Sharpe in his treatment of 

 that species in the British Museum <' Catalogue of Birds" refers to a 

 more restricted black throat patch in the pale race inhabiting Tur- 

 kestan. 



Male, adult, Kashgar, Eastern Turkestan, March 21, 1894. 



Male, immature, Killian, Eastern Turkestan, August 9, 1893; 0,000 

 feet. " Bill horn brown; feet pale fleshy; length, 5^ inches." 



Female, innnature, KiUian, Eastern Turkestan, August 10, 1893. 

 "Bill black, gape yellow; feet pale flesh, with leaden tinge; length, 5J 



inches." 



Male, immature, Killian, Easteru Turkestan, August 10, 1893; 0,000 

 feet. "Upper mandible horn brown; lower mandible dusky yellow; 

 irides dark brown; feet pale flesh; length, G inches." 



28. PASSER AMMODENDRI, Gould. 



Male, adult, junction of Aksu and Kashgar rivers, Eastern Turkestan, 

 December 3, 1893. "Bill horn brown ; irides brown ; length, Gi inches." 



Female, adult, junction of Aksu and Kashgar rivers. Eastern Tur- 

 kestan, December 3, 1893. "Feet pale fleshy brown; bill horn brown; 

 length, 6i inches." 



Male, adult, Matau, 40 miles south of Aksu, Eastern Turkestan, 

 November 27, 1893. " Length, 6f inches." 



Passer ammodenilri timldus (Prjevalsky) differs from the above in its 

 slightly larger dimensions, paler brown on sides of head and nape, and 

 grayer color generally. We have a fine example of this form from Hi, 

 Siberia, which exhibits very well the differences between it and 1\ 

 ammodendri. 



29. CARPODACUS ERYTHRINUS (Pallas). 



Female, adult, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, September 

 11, 1893; 7,000 feet. 



Male, adult, near Kukiar, Eastern Turkestan, August 2, 1894; G,000 



feet. 



Female, adult, Tagdumbash Pamir, June 13, 1894 ; 13,000 feet. 



30. CARPODACUS SEVERTZOVI, Sharpe. 



Male, adult, Little Kara- Kul Lake, Sarikol, Eastern Turkestan, April 

 3, 1894; 12,000 feet. 



