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4, Jask, Gulf of Oman, 23rd March. S. Butcher, Esq. [ P.]. 
8. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 
2. Hariab Valley, Afyhanistan, Seebohm Coll. 
16th June (2. G. Wardlaw- 
Ramsay). 
3. Kotgarh, Himalaya, 27th May. Hume Coll. 
1. Kotgarh, July. Hume Coll. 
6. Sind (J. H. Gould). Gould Coll. 
30. North-West India. Hume Coll. 
. Jodhpur, Rajputana, 4th April. Hume Coll. 
8. Delhi, Punjab, 26th May (C. 7. Hume Coll. 
Bingham). 
4, Delhi, 27th June (C. 7. B.). Hume Coll. 
2. Etawah, N.W. Provs. Hume Coll. 
1. Etawah, 30th March. Hume Coll, 
2. Etawah, 12th April. Hume Coll. 
3. Aligarh, N.W. Prov., Aug. Hume Coll. 
26. Hoshungabad, C. Provs. (2. C. Hume Coll. 
Nunn). 
1. Barrackpur, Bengal, 17th May Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(R. C. Beavan). 
8. Berachalee, Bengal, 29th March Crowley Bequest. 
(R. C. B.: Tristram Coll.). 
~9, Nilghiri Hills. Ifume Coll. 
8. Nilghiri Hills (Zrstram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 
3. Ootacamund, Nilghiris, 20th Hume Coll. 
May. 
2. Gerlen (B. L. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. & 
Crowley Bequest. 
4, Pegu, Burma, 25th Feb. (Z. W. Hume Coll. 
Oates). 
3. Pegu, Oct. & Nov. . W. 0O.). Oates Coll, 
Passer pyrrhonotus, Blyth. 
Passer pyrrhonotus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 816 (1888) ; Oates, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 238 (1890) ; wd., ed. Hume, Nests & 
Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 162 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 247 (1909). 
Passer domestica pyrrhonotus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 151 
(1904). 
The eggs of the Rufous-backed Sparrow are inseparable from 
those of the Tree-Sparrow. Of three specimens in the Collection, 
two are densely streaked and mottled, leaving little of the ground- 
colour visible. A third example is blotched and clouded with 
brown and grey on a whitish ground, fully one-half of which is 
exposed to view. They measure respectively: -7 by °5; -69 by 
“51; °67 by 52. 
3. Eastern Narra, Sind, 4th April Hume Coll. 
(S. Dowg). 
