298 FKINGILLID.E. 



inner web. Total length 6 - 2 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 3-8, tail 

 2-35, tarsus OS. 



In winter plumage the colours are somewhat intensified, and the 

 mottling on the back more pronounced, with broader and more 

 distinct paler brown margins to the feathers. During the breeding- 

 plumage the colours become washed out and the feathers abraded, 

 the throat somewhat whitish. 



The specimen from the Zambesi is decidedly smaller and purer in 

 colour, especially as regards the white on the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts : wing 3-2 inches. The Natal birds are somewhat in- 

 termediate in size : wing 3-3-3"45 inches. 



Adult female. Only to be distinguished from the male by the 

 smaller size of the yellow spot on the throat, and by the somewhat 

 smaller dimensions. Total length 6 inches, culmen - 6, wing 3'55, 

 tail 2 - 25, tarsus - 8. 



Young. Similar to the adult female, but paler brown, and having 

 the yellow spot on the throat scarcely distinguishable. 



Hah. South-eastern Africa to the Zambesi on the east, and 

 Damara-land on the west. 



a-c. Ad.; d. Juv.sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



e. 2 a d- sk. Eland's Post, S.E. Africa, Sharpe Coll. 



April 30 (T. C. Atmore). 



f, g. $ ad. sk. Eland's Post, June 1870 Sharpe Coll. 



(T. C. Atmore). 

 h. 6 ad. sk. Eland's Post, August ( T. C. Sharpe Coll. 



Atmore). 

 i. 5 ad. sk. Hann-man's Bush, Kingwil- Capt. Trevelyan [P.]. 



liamstown, June 25, 1877 



(C. Newby). 

 k,l. c? $ ad. sk. Pinetown, 'Natal, Oct. 23 Sharpe Coll. 



(T. L. Ay res). 

 m, n. $ 2 ad. sk. Pinetown, July (T.L.Ayres). Sharpe Coll. 

 o. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [C.]. 



;;, q. 2 imm. sk. Elephant Vley, Damara-land, Sharpe Coll. 



Aug. 4 (C. /. Anderssori). 



38. PASSER. Type _ 



Passer, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 71 (1700) P. domesticus. 



Pyrgita, Cuv. Reyne Anim. i. p. 38o (1817) P. domesticus. 



Pyrgitopsis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 510 ( 1850) P. simplex. 



Corospiza, Bp. Consp. i. p. 511 (1850) P. lichtensteini. 



Salicipasser, Boqd. B. Cane. p. 60 (1879) P. montanus. 



Sorella, Marti. J.f. O. 1880, p. 211 P. emini. 



Head of Passer domesticus. 



