38. passer. 325 



ashy along the inner web : " bill liver-brown ; legs and toes like 

 the bill, but paler; iris dark brown" (C. J. Andersson). Total 

 length 6-1 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 3-25, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-85. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male. Fulvous-brown 

 on the back, streaked with black ; the wings and tail, as well as 

 the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts like the male ; head 

 and hind neck brown instead of ashy ; sides of face dull whitish, 

 the cheeks purer white ; lores and a streak above the ear-coverts 

 brown, surmounted by a broad eyebrow of pale ochreous buff ; under 

 surface of body pale brown, the throat blackish : the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white. Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 3-25, tail 2'2, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. South Africa, from the interior to Matabele-Land on the 

 east and Damara-Land on the west. 



«• 6 ; b, c. 2 ad. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



sk. (Types of species.) 



d. 2 ad. sk. Tati, Matabele-Land, Sept. W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



24 (F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



e,f. J ad. sk. Tati, Oct. (F. Oates ). W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



g. 2 ad. sk. • Palatswie River, Shoshong, W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Aug. 1 (F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



h. tf ad. sk. Damara-Land, Jan. 12 ( C. J. Sharpe Coll. 



Andersson). 



*• 2 ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Oct. 2 (C. J. Sliarpe Coll. 



Andersson). 



12. Passer ruficinctus. 



Fringilla (Passer) motitensis, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 42 (1856). 

 Passer motitensis (nee Smith), J.f. 0. 1862, p. 30, 1868, p. 86; id. 



Om. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 643 (1870). 

 Passer rufocinctus, Fischer u. Reichen. J.f. 0. 1884, p. 55 ; Fischer in 



Madardsz, Zeitschr. yes. Om. i. p. 319 (1884). 



Adult. Closely allied to P. motitensis, but with the ear-coverts 

 grey like the crown, not white. Total length o-o inches, culmen 0*4, 

 wing 3'2, tail 2, tarsus 0'75. 



Hab. Masai-Land in Eastern Africa to Kordofan in jSTorth-eastern 

 Africa. 



13. Passer cinnamomeus. 



Pyrgita chmamomea Gould, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 185 ; Blyth, J. A. S. 

 Beng. xi. p. 108 (1842) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 47 (1854). 



Passer cinnamomeus, Blyth, J. A. S. Benq. xiii. p. 947 (1844) ; id. 

 Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 119 (1849) ; 'Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 373 

 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 508 (1850) ; Horsf. $ 3Ioore, Cat. B. E. I. 

 Co. Mus. ii. p. 500 (1856) ; Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 365 (1862) ; Blyth, 

 Pois, 1867, p. 42 ; Beavan, t. c. p. 138 ; Sfoliczlca, J. A. S. Beng. 

 xxxvii. p. 57 (1868) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 174; Pelz. t. c. p. 318; 

 Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 86, no. 7265 (1870) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 386 ; Hume and Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 252, pi. 25 (1873) ; 



