240 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Nates on 



greyish brown, with black markings ; underparts white : pri- 

 maries blackish brown, with white edges to the feathers; 

 secondaries and wing-coverts brownish grey, with narrow 

 M-hite margins and broad black spots ; tail-feathers blackish, 

 with light greyish margins. 



"Female. Lighter-coloured than the male; the throat- 

 mark is grey, and the feathers have broad white edges ; head 

 and neck brownish grey, without any black ; lines over the 

 eye very light brown, almost white. 



''This specimen was obtained at the fortress of Peroffsk in 

 winter; and specimens were also collected at Djulek both in 

 the winter and summer. It was also observed during the 

 -winter near the Syr-Darja, where it is resident.'^ 



This species has lately been described by Mr. Hume in 

 'Stray Feathers' (1874, p. 516) under the name of Passer 

 stoliczkce. 



64. Passer petronia, L. ; SevertzofiF, p. 64. 

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



is possibly resident in district IV. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in district 3. 



65. Passer puLVERULENTUs,sp.nov., SevertzofiF, pp. 64,116. 

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



and is possibly resident in district IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 3 and 4. 



SevertzofiF describes this species as folloAvs : — " The bill is 

 conical and stout ; the nostrils small, elliptic, and devoid of 

 a covering of feathers; wings long, extending down over 

 three fourths of the length of the tail ; the first two primaries 

 equal in length, being the longest ; tarsus slight and slender, 

 covered with five scuteUse, two of which are short and thin. 

 Both sexes are similarly coloured, being almost uniform dusty 

 greyish brown ; hence its name. The crown, fore part of 

 the back, and shoulders are dirty brown, marked with blackish 

 lines, the lower back darker ; rump black, the feathers having 

 distinct white edges ; nape, superciliary lines, cheeks, throat, 

 sides of the neck, and breast greyish brown, the nape and su- 

 percilium being lightest, the other parts marked with scarcely 



