209 



Passer ruficinctus, Fischer j- llcklunow. 



Passer ruficinctus, Shiirpe, Cat Birds B. M. xii. p. 325 (1888) ; Xe/irk. 

 Kat. Eiermmml. p. 109 (1899) ; lieichemnc, Vor/. Afr. iii. p. 241 

 (1904) ; Sharpv, Iland-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 



Tliree oggs of Fischer's Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 

 sliglitly gloss}'. The ground-colour is dull white or yellowish- 

 white, blotched and spotted with pale chocolate-brown and with 

 underlying clouded markings of violet-grey. They measure re- 

 spectively '"o by "58, '"S by "59, and "7^ by "G. 



3. Lake Kaivasha, B. E. Africa, F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. [C.]. 



7th July. 



Passer auimodendri, Severtz. 



Passer aniinndendri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B.M. xii. p. 337 (1888) ; ? Xvhrk. 



Kat. jEitr.<amml. p. 109 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. P(d. Birdu, ])t. i. 



p. 292 ( 1 902) ; id., Ibis, 1903, p 40G, pi. x. figs. 5-8 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 251 (1908). 

 Passer amuiodeudri ammodendri, Ilartert, Tot/. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 158 



(1904). 



Three eggs of the Saxaul Sparrow are of a broad, slightly pointed 

 oval form and distinctly glossy. They are white, profusely and 

 irregularly marked and freckled all over with yellowish-brown, 

 which by no means hides the ground-colour. They measure 

 respectively -86 by Mja, -91 by -52, and -90 by -64. 



The two eggs from Kuldja (Xehrkorn Coll.) have, in my opinion, 

 been wrongly identified, and are probably those of some species of 

 I-ark, perhaps of Alamlula heinei or some sjtecies of Gcilerida, which 

 they closely resemble. Nehrkorn, in describing these eggs, noied 

 that they were remarkably Lark-like in appearance. 



3. Saxaul Steppe, Tm-kestau, loth W. RadclilTe Saunders, Esq. 



June. [P.]. 



[2. Kuldja, Mongolia (XeJtrkurn Crowley Bequest.] 

 C'ulL). 



Passer saharse, Erlanyer. 



Corospiza simplex, Loche, F.7-pl. Sci. Altjer., Ois. i. p. 138 (18(57). 

 Passer simplex, IJresscr, Birds Eur. iii. p. 603 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xii. ]). 339 (1888) [part.]; Kehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 109 



(1899) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p, 208 (1905). 

 Passer simplex saharaj, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 103 (1904). 

 Passer saharte. Sharps, Hand-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 



The eggs of the Desert-Sparrow taken by Loche in Algeria are of 

 a broad oval form and possess a small amount of gloss. Thej' are 

 dull white, speckled and spotted with brown and lavender-grey. 

 These markings are dense on the larger half of the egg and form a 

 wreath or irregular zone round the broad end, or, sometimes, an 



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