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cliocolate-bfowii, the outer webs dull rufous ; sides of the head, cliin 

 and throat rich chestiuit; lower plumage brown ( eacli feather with a 

 white ceiitre-liue and subniarginallj' bordered with white ), except the 

 middle of tlie lower portion of the abdomen, wliich is uniform fulvons- 

 white ; under tail-coverts fulvous-white, with brown subterminal 

 borders to the feathers. 



Iris reddish brown. Bill blackisli, except the base of tlie lower 

 mandible, which is bluisii plumbeous. T-.eg'3 jilumbeous. Claws horn- 

 colour. 



flahits, ed: Very similar to those of the last species, but it is 

 much tlie commoner of tiie two. The bird is a resident one here, and 

 when it once becomes established in a locality, is seldom absent from 

 it. In nij' garden, for instance, it is nearly always to be found, 

 but I believe tliere are parts of Bangkok ( to all appearances equally 

 suitable) where the bird is seldom or never seen. It breeds prac- 

 ticall}' the whole year round. The nest is of the same type as that of 

 U. amdicauda, but perhaps somewhat larger, and the bird is even more 

 partial to creepers on houses and arbours than its congener. Its note 

 is a weak and rather long cliee-chee, uttered both while flying and when 

 at rest. In flight the wings are vibrated ver}' rajjidly. 



Disfrihution. Recorded, so far, only from Central and Peninsular 

 Siam, but I liave also obtained it at Sriracha, in the South-eastern 

 portion of the count^3^ 



Family FRhXG fLLID,!.'— F'mchos. 

 50 (779). Passer montanus (Linn.) The Tree-Sparrou-. 



Paiixer minitditiis, Ogilvie-dlrant, Faso. Malay. liinl.-j (I'.IO.I), p. 70; 



Barton, .loiirii. N. II. S. .Siam I, p. 106. 

 /'((6>yv nKintiiiiiix innlacci iisi.i, GylJenstolpe 1913, p. 41: id. I'.UG, ]>. '2'.t. 



Siamese, vjn DT; '^On LIU ( Nok kra-chok ban ). 



Descrijitiiiii. Length about 1 10 mm. {oJ> in.). Fpper jiart of 

 head, from forehead to nape, vinous chestnut ; sides of Hice and neck 

 white, with the exception of the loi-es, the feathers under tiie eyes and 

 a patch under the ear-coverts, which are black ; chin and throat Miek ; 

 lower plumage ashy, paler on the abdomen, and tinged with fulvous on 

 the breast ; thinks, thighs and under tail-coverts brownish fulvous ; 

 back and scapulars pale chestnut, with the inner webs of most of the 



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