200 FRINGILLID&. 
Mitteleurop. p. 807, pl. 42. figs. 11-20 (1900); Dresser, Man. Pal. 
B ris, pt. 1. p. 298 (1902) [part.]; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 94, 
pl. 12. figs. 11-20 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 245 (1909). 
Passer montana montana, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 160 
(1904). 
The eggs of the Tree-Sparrow vary in shape from a pointed to a 
blunt oval and have a moderate amount of gloss. The ground- 
colour is white, greyish-white or pale bluish-white, speckled and 
spotted, blotched, smeared or streaked, in some eggs sparingly but 
in the majority densely, with varying shades of brown and violet- 
grey. These markings are generally densest and darkest at the 
broad end, where they often form a cap or broad zone. In this, 
as in other Sparrows’ eggs, a clutch seldom consists entirely of eggs 
guite of one type, one specimen generally differing markedly from 
the others in the distribution and density of the markings. The 
eggs taken by Swinhoe in Amoy are extremely varied in colour, 
the most remarkable type being a white egg with a dense rufous 
cap at the broad end. 
Eggs of the Tree-Sparrow measure from °7 to ‘86 in length, and 
from ‘48 to *6 in breadth. 
5 St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, 7th J. Steele Elliott, Esq. [P.]. 
June (J. S. £.). 
4. Cluny, Inyerness-shire, Seebohm Coll. 
5. England. Old Collection. 
4. Wilstrop, Yorkshire, May, Seebohm Coll. 
4, Wilstrop, 22nd May. Seebohm Coll. 
3. Cheshire (F. Mcholson: Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 
Coll.). 
Crewe, Cheshire. Crowley Bequest. 
Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, 4th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
July (C. Beech). (Pa 
Cambridgeshire. Bond, Esq. fP}: 
Cambridgeshire. im Bond, Esq. | P. }. 
Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. | P.|}. 
Cambridgeshire (¥. Bond), Crow ‘ley Bequest. 
Cambridge. Salvin-Godman Coll. 
Waterbeach ,Cambridge,9th May = Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(O. S.). 
Welney, Cambridge, 21st May Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(W. Farren). 
Upware, Cambridge, 15th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(OL S.): 
Harrow, Middlesex, 11th June W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(H. T. Booth). (Paik: 
Graveney, Faversham, Kent, 29th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
May (H. Bs) Bas 
Clay, Hythe, Kent, 16th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(O. S.). 
Vosges, France (Mougel: Har- Seebohm Coll. 
gitt Coll.). 
Elbeuf, Normandy (Noury: Seebohm Coll. 
Hargitt Coll.). 
Elbeut (Noury: Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 
Valkenswaard, Holland, 12th Seebohm Coll. 
May (G78: 
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