Severtzoff's 'Fauna of Turkestan.' 239 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., III., and IV., 

 and is possibly resident in district IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, and 3, is found 

 during winter in district 1, and in the summer or during pas- 

 sage in districts 4 and 5. 



60. Passer domesticus (L.) ; Severtzoff, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. liesident in districts I., II., III., and IV. 

 Vertical range. A rare straggler to district 1 during sum- 

 mer, but is resident in district 2. 



61. Passer salicarius, Severtzoflf, p. 64. 

 ? Passer salicicola, Vieill. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts II., III., and IV., 

 but is rare during winter. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 2, but is rare in 

 the former. 



62. Passer montanus (L.) ; Severtzoff, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. Resident in districts I., II., III., and IV. 

 Vertical range. Resident in districts 1 and 2, breeds, and 



possibly is resident, in district 3, and occurs during summer 

 in districts 4 and 5. 



63. Passer ammodendri, sp, nov. ; Severtzoff, pp. 64, 115. 

 Horizontal range. Resident in district III. 



Vertical range. Resident in district 1. 



Respecting this species, which Severtzoff describes as new, 

 he writes (p. 115) as follows: — "In this species the culmen 

 is shorter and stouter than in the other Sparrows ; the nostrils 

 are placed at the base of the bill, and are covered with hair- 

 like feathers ; the legs are short, the tarsus covered with seven 

 scutellse ; the tail is nearly even, only the two central and the 

 two lateral feathers being about 1'" shorter than the rest ; the 

 second primary is the longest ; legs blackish brown ; iris 

 brown. 



" Male. Crown and nape black, the feathers edged with 

 greyish brown ; throat and superciliary stripe pure black ; but 

 besides these there is a line of brown over each eye ; cheeks, 

 sides of the neck, and flanks greyish brown; upper parts 



