38. PASSER. 



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excepting that the white wing-bar is narrower and the ec>es to the 

 feathers more tawny rufous : cro^n of head and neck brown w t h 

 a fawn-coloured streak along thesides of the hinder crown Serin- 

 out shghtly towards the nape; lores ashy; eyelid Xtilh" ear 

 d rk b S ro a S' .^^ separated from the tawny Lnd bTa streak of 

 dark brown ; cheeks ashy brown : throat dull ashy whitish • fore 

 neck a nd breast pale brown, the flanks clearer brc IZ TaLo Z 

 thighs ; abdomen purer white ; on the breast and flX'sometintiy 

 indicated shaft-hues ; under tail-coverts buff, with pXbrown 

 centres; axiharies pale buff; under wing-cherts duU whifch 

 Total length 5-2 niches, culmen 0-45, wing 3, tail 2-2 tarsus Li > 



Young Inrds of both sexes, at first'resembl'e the adlilt female but 

 are whiter below, especially on the throat At tho fi -T? !' 

 moult the males assume thecoma* of thfadult h £*SS 



tne 5 e being shed in due course during the following spring, when 

 the fully adult breeding-plumage is donned. °' 



pS/ Xe£ f } V he Wh .° 1C °f Eur ° pe ' but re P laced ^ I^ly by 

 2d CWlon lb" " T tWaTd t0 PerSia aM ^ entral ^ia, India! 

 and Xh^T VU SPeCimCnS (P - *"""" aUCt0 ^ SmaUe; 



a, b. <5 2 ad. sk. Orkneys (Dumi). 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. Var. alb. st. 



e. Var. st. 



f. 2 ad. sk. 



9, h. <S2 ad. sk. 

 i. dad. sk. 

 A, I 6 2 ad. ; 



m, n. Juy. st. 

 o. Var. st. 

 P,2- 6 2 ad.sk. 



r. <3 ad. sk. 

 s. c? ad. sk. 

 t, u. d 2 ad. sk. 



v-b'. tf ad. sk ; 



c'-h'. 2 ad. sk. 

 •'. 6 ad. sk. 



k', I'. tf juv. ; 

 m',n',o'. Juv.sk. 

 p'. d juv. sk. 

 q'. Var. alb. st. 

 r'. <S ad. sk. 

 s'. S ad. sk. 



t',u',r'. rf juv.; 

 W, x'. $ juv. sk. 

 y. 6 ad. sk. 



Eskdale, Forfarshire, N.B. 



England. 



England. 



Preston Hall, Shropshire. 



Cambridgeshire (J. Baker). 



Cambridgeshire, Mav (O. &). 



Cambridgeshire. 



Cambridgeshire. 

 Oxford, Feb. 4. 



Near London, June. 

 Finchley, Feb. 30 (0. 8.) 

 Hanwell, Feb. 1885. 



Cookham, Berks, Feb. 29. 



Cookham, Dec. 26. 



Cookham, Aug. 



Siubiton, Surrey, Aug. 16. 

 Smbiton, Surrey. 

 Godalming, Surrey, Jan. (F. G.), 

 Bomney Marsh, Kent, July 25. 



Pagham, Sussex, Sept. 4. 



Brighton, Sussex, Nov. 



aq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



n && 

 Gould Coll. 



Zoological .Society. 



Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 



Mr. J. Baker [C.l. 

 B. B. Sharpe, E 



[P.]- 

 Gould Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll, 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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B. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. * 



Dr. Giinther [P.]. 

 Dr. Giinther [P.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



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