PASSER. 205 
Passer italie (Vieill.). 
Passer italic, Baedeker, Hier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 
Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 585 (1876); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, 
p- 39; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 315 (1888); Dresser, Man. 
Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 290 (1902); Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 
p- 152 (1904); Jourd Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 92, pl. 26. fig. 9 
(1906) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 247 (1909). 
Passer domesticus cisalpinus, Bree, Birds Eur, 2nd ed. iv. p. 49, pl. 
(1875). 
The eggs of the Italian Sparrow do not appear to differ from 
those of P. domesticus. They measure from ‘8 to ‘9 in length, and 
from *58 to *62 in breadth. 
5. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 
4, Italy, 21st April. We Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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4, Ticino, N. Italy, 20th May le Coll. 
(T. Holland). 
5. Milan, Italy, 15th May (Count Seebohm Coll. 
Turatt). 
4. Palermo, N. Sicily, 16th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
rp 
4. Sferra Cavallo, Corsica, 14th April. w. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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Passer hispaniolensis (7'emm.). 
Fringilla salicaria, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 426 (1845-54). 
Fringilla hispaniolensis, Thien. tom. cit. tab. xxxiv. fig. 14, a-e. 
Passer salicicola, Baedeker, Kier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 
Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 314; Saunders, [bis, 1871, p. 218. 
Passer salicarius, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 52, pl. (1875). 
Passer hispaniolensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 593 (1876); Reid, Ibis, 
1887, p. 484; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 317 (1888) ; Dresser, 
Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 291 (1902); Whitaker, Birds Tunis. i. 
p- 205 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 92, p!. 26, fig. 10 (1906) ; 
Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 248 (1909). 
Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 
p- 156 (1904). 
Passer hispaniolensis fliickigeri, Kleznschm.; Hartert, t. e. p. 158 (1904). 
Passer fliickigeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. vy. p. 248 (1909). 
The eggs of the Spanish Sparrow are very uniform, and agree 
closely with some of the eggs of the House-Sparrow. The ground- 
colour is bluish- or greyish-white ; and the markings, which are 
very distinct and well-defined, consist of spots and small blotches 
of dark brown and underlying lavender-grey distributed over the 
entire shell, but more thickly on the larger half of the egg than 
elsewhere. They measure from ‘8 to 1:0 in length, and from °58 to 
‘66 in breadth. 
6. South Spain, 7th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
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5. Andalucia, 8. Spain, 16th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Egq. 
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