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PASSER. 90 
Passer rutilans, 7'’emm. 
Passer rutilans, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 329 (1888); Nehrh. 
Kat. Eiersamml. p. 109 (1899); La Touche, Ibis, 1900, p. 35; 
La Touche § Rickett, Ibis, 1905, p. 45; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 249 
(1909). 
Passer rutilans rutilans, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 161 (1904). 
One egg of the Russet Sparrow is of a narrow blunt oval form 
and almost devoid of gloss. It is greyish-white, blotched and 
spotted with brown and ashy-grey. The other example has 
a yellowish-white ground-colour densely clouded all over with 
chocolate-brown. They measure respectively ‘73 by °52 and 
"73 by ‘o4. 
1. Kuatun, Fohkien, China, May. C. B. Rickett, Esq. [P.]. 
1. Amoy, China (R. Swinhoe: Crowley Bequest. 
Tristram Coll.). 
Passer melanurus (P. 2. S. Miill.). 
Fringilla arcuata, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. p. 426, tab. xxxiy. 
tig. 16, a—c (1845-54). 
Passer arcuatus, Sharpe, ed, Layard, Birds S. Africa, p. 478 (1876-84) ; 
id., Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 333 (1888) [part.};  Nehrk. Kat. 
Eversamm. p- 109 (1899); Stark, Fauna 8S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 160 
ace Haagner, Ibis, 1901, p. 15; Shelley, Birds Afr, iii. p. 248 
(1902) 
Passer melanurus, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 233 (1904); Sharpe, 
Hand-l. v. p. 249 (1909). 
The eggs of the Cape Sparrow are as varied as those of P. domes- 
ticus, and cannot be separated from them. They measure from 
‘68 to *88 in length, and from °52 to °6 in breadth. 
7. South Africa, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Pe 
2. South Africa. Gould Coll. 
3. South Africa. Gould Coll. 
1. South Africa. Gould Coll. 
5. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.}. 
3. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P. + 
1. Cape Colony (£. LZ. Layard). Salvin-Godman Coll. 
2. Cape Colony (£. L. Layard: Trist- Crowley Bequest. 
ram Coll.). 
4. Cape Colony (£. LZ. Layard: Trist- Crowley Bequest. 
ram Coll.). 
2. Deelfontein, Cape Colony, 31st Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
Oct. (Z. Seimund). 
4, Deelfontein, 31st Oct. (LZ. 8.). Col. A. T. Slogeett [P. if 
3. Deelfontein, 3lst Oct. (2. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett {P.]. 
4, Deelfontein, 51st Oct. (Z. 8.). Col. A. T. Sloggett | rp) a 
4. Deelfontein, 31st Oct. ce S.). Col. A. T. Slogwett | Pal: 
2. Deelfontein, 31st Oct. (£. ‘ Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
6. Deelfontein, 10th Nov. (£. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.}. 
2. Deelfontein, 20th Nov. (E. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett Py 
5. Deelfontein, 20th Noy. (Z. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett { P.]. 

