Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



under-parts. Cream-coloured eyebrow and 

 narrow white wing bar. 



Abundant at Kasauli, Almora, Simla, Dharm- 

 sala and Srinagar. Brooks in 1868, found it 

 common at Naini Tal. I saw it nesting there 

 in the Club verandah twenty years later ; but 

 it seems to be becoming scarcer there, rather 

 than more abundant. 



96. Passer montanus : The Tree-Sparrow. 

 F. 779, J. 710, -I. E. 



Sexes alike. Head chestnut with sides of 

 face white and a black patch below and behind 

 eye. Chin and throat black. Shoulders and 

 upper back are pale chestnut, which fades 

 into yellowish-brown on the rump. Tail 

 brown. Wings brown, chestnut, black and 

 white. Lower parts pale ashy-grey. 



The only sparrow found at Darjeeling. I 

 have not noticed it at any other hill station. 



97. Passer cinnamomeus : The Cinnamon 

 Tree-Sparrow. F. 780, J. 708, -I. W. K. 



Cock : Upper plumage bright cinnamon, 

 with pale yellow cheeks and a small black patch 

 round the eye. Wings black and white with 

 reddish streaks. Tail brown. Chin and throat 

 black, with bright yellow patch on either side. 

 Rest of lower plumage grey tinged with yellow. 

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