42 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



Himalaya. Dr. Cabanis gives it from Manilla, and Mr. Swinhoe 

 from Formosa (Ibis, 1866, p. 401). 



707. Passer salicarius. 



In a letter lately received from Hansi, Dr. Jerdon remarks 

 that this bird is "abundant, in huge flocks, westward from 

 Delhi." Wherever it occurs, it would appear to be much more 

 highly gregarious than P. domesticus. 



708. Passer cinnamomeus only differs from P. rutilans 

 (Temm. PI. Col. 588. fig. 2) of China by the yellow tinge on 

 the cheeks and lower parts. It is therefore, probably, a Tree-, 

 and not a House- Sparrow. 



711. Passer flavicollis. 



The closely allied South African Gymnorhis superciliaris, 

 nobis (J. A. S. B. 1845, xiv. p. 553), Pyrgita petronoides, 

 Lafr., B. (Consp. Av. i. p. 513), P. petronella, B. {ibid.; C. R. 

 xxxvii. p. 916) , and Xanthodina flavigula, Sundevall (CEfvers. K. 

 V. Acad. Forh. 1849, p. 98), is a typical member of Hodgson^s 

 genus Gymnorhis (J. A. S. B. 1844), founded on the Indian P. 

 flavicollis. I have added a third of the same minimum type as 

 P. canicapillus (Ibis, 1865, p. 46), the habitat of which is un- 

 known. These birds arehnked to the ordinary Sparrows by the 

 African Passer (or Pyrgitopsis) simplex (Licht.), which has an 

 intermediate form of bill and wants the yellow pectoral spot. 



716. Emberiza huttoni. 



Mr. Gould has good specimens of this species, which is nearly 

 allied to E. cinerea, Strickl. I suspect that E. hortulana from 

 India (no. 715) needs comparing with E. cernutii, De Fi- 

 lippi, from Armenia and Persia (c/. Ibis, 1864, p. 400). 



717. Emberiza spodiocephala, Pallas; Middend. Sib. 

 Beise, ii. tab. xiii. figs. 5-8, cum ovis; E. per sonata, Temm. 

 PI. Col. 580, Faun. Japon., Aves, pi. 59 b.; E. sordida, Hodg- 

 son ; E. hortulana, Gray. 



719. Emberiza fucata, Pallas; Temm. & Schl. Faun. 

 Japon., Aves, tab. Ivii. ; also E. rutila in tab. Ivi. 



720. Emberiza pusilla, Pallas; Middend. Sib. Raise, ii. 

 tab, xiii. fig. 4 {ova) ; Jaubert, Rich. Oru. Mid. France, p. 163. 



