PASSER. 



207 



Passer rutilans, Temm. 



Passer rutilans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 329 (1888) • Nelirh 

 Kat Etemnnml^. 109 (1899); La Touche, Ibis, 1900, p. So"-' 



a909)" ' ' ^^^^' ^" ^^' ^^"'''''' ^"'"^-^- ^- P- 24^ 



Passer rutilans rutilans, Hartert, Vog. Pal. laun. pt. ii. p. 161 (1904). 



One e^^ of the Russet Sparrow is of a narrow blunt oval form 

 and almost devoid of gloss. It is greyish-white, blotched and 

 spotted with brown and ashy-grey. The other example has 

 a yellowish-white ground-colour densely clouded all over with 

 c_lioeolate-brown. They measure respectively -73 by -52 and 

 * / o oy *o-T, 



1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, May. 

 1. Auioy, Cliina [R. Swinhoe : 

 Tristram Coll.). 



C. B. llickett, Esq. [P.j. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Passer melanurus {P. L. S. Midi.). 



Fringilla arcuata, TMen. Fortpflam. ges. T'cia. p. 426 tab xtyW 

 fig. 16, a-e (1845-54). ^ ' xxxiv. 



Passer arcuatus, Sharpe, ed. Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 478 (1876-84^ • 

 id., Cat. Birds B. M. .xii. p. 333 (1888) fnart 1 ■ Ni^hrl- S^,/' 

 Eiersan^nl.^. 109 (1899); iark, Fauna S. %.', Birds [Am 

 (I9S2).' ''""'""'' ''''' ''^'' P- ''' ''^*^' Bi;ds^:m. t 248 



_ The eggs of the Cape Sparrow are as varied as those of P. domes- 

 turn and cannot be separated from them. They measure from 

 bb to -88 m length, and from ■52 to -6 in breadth. 



7. South Africa. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



South Africa. 



Cape Colony (F. L. Layard). 



Cape Colony {F. L. Layard: Trist- 

 ram, Coll.). 



Cape Colony {E. L. Layard: Trist- 

 ram Coll.). 

 Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 31st 



Oct. {F. Si'imund). 

 Beelfonteiu, 31st Oct. (F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, 31st Oct. {F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, 31st Oct. {F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, 31st Oct. (F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, 31st Oct. {F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, lOth Nov. {F. S) 

 Deelfontein. 20th Nov. {F. S.). 

 Deelfontein, 20th Nov. (F. S.). 



W. Radchffe Saunders, Esq 

 [P.]. ^• 



Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. 'P.J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 

 Col. A. T. 



Sloggett [P.J. 

 Sloggett [P.]. 

 Sloggett [p.]. 

 Sloggett [P.J. 

 Sloggett "P.l 

 Sloggett 'P.J. 

 Sloggett [P.J. 

 Sloggett 1 P.l. 



