PASSER. 20.3 



Passer italiae ( Vieill.). 



Passer italiae, Bafideker, Eier Eur. Viig. tab. 12. tig. 8 (1855-6.3) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 585 (1876): Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, 



p. 39 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 315 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. 



J'dt. Bird.f,])t. i. p. 1'90 (1902); Hartert, Fog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 152 (1904); Jinird Eggs Eur op. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 9 



(1906); Sharpe, thmd-l. v.' p. 247 (1909). 

 Passer domesticiis cisalpiiuis, Bree, Birds Eur. 2rid ed. iv. p. 49, pi. 



(1875). 



The eggs of the Italian Sparrow do not appear to differ from 

 those of P. domesiicns. They measure from '8 to '9 in length, and 

 from -oS to "62 in breadth. 



5. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Italy, 21st April. "W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



4. Tieino, N. Italy, 20th May Seebohm Coll. 



(T. Holland). 



5. IMilau, Italy, loth May {Count Seebohm Coll. 



Turatt). 

 4. Palermo, N. Sicily, 16th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Sferra f'avallo, Corsica, 14th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Passer hispaniolensis (Temm.). 



Fringilla salicaria, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Tog. p. 426 (1845-54). 



Frinafilla hispaniolen.sis, Thien. torn. cit. tab. xx.xiv. fig. 14, a-c. 



Passer salicicola, Baedtker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Salrin, Ibis, 1859, p. 314 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 218. 

 Passer salicarius, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iy. p. 62, pi. (1875). 

 Passer hispaniolensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 593 (1876) ; Beid, Ibis, 



1887, p. 434 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 317 (1888) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 291 (1902); Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. 



p. 205 (1905) ; Jourd. Ef/r/.i Europ. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 10 (1906) ; 



Sharpe, Band-l. y. p. 248 (1909). 

 Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 156 (1904). 

 Passer hispaniolensis fliickigeri, Kleinschm. ; Hartert, t. c. p. 158 (1904). 

 Passer fliickigeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 248 (1909). 



The eggs of the Spanish Sparrow are very uniform, and agree 

 closely with some of the eggs of the House-Sparrow. The ground- 

 colour is bluish- or greyish-white ; and the markings, which are 

 Tery distinct and well-defined, consist of spots and small blotches 

 of dark brown and underlying layender-grey distributed over the 

 entire shell, but more thickly on the larger half of the egg than 

 elsewhere. They measure from -8 to 1"0 in length, and from "58 to 

 •66 in breadth. 



6. South Spain, 7th May, W. Radcliffe Saimders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 5. Andalucia, S. Spain, 16th April. AV. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



