208 FRINGILLID&. 
Deelfontein, 3lst Dec. (2. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 
Transvaal, 27th Sept. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 
Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 
(T. Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 
14 Streams, Vaal River, Trans- R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 
vaal, Nov. 
14 Streams, Nov. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.}. 
bt ggots 
Passer moabiticus, Tristram. 
Passer moabiticns, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 321 (1888) ; td, 
Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1909). 
Passer moabiticus moabiticus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 155 (1904). 
Eggs of the Palestine Sparrow are similar to those of P. indicus, 
but are often of a somewhat narrower oval shape. They measure 
from ‘7 to *8 in length, and from °5 to ‘53 in breadth. 
5. Palestine. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
Bane 
4. Palestine. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(Pak 
5. Jordan Valley, Palestine, 23rd W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
April. [P-]. 
5. Jordan Valley, 28th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(pe: 
Passer yatei, Sharpe. 
Passer yatii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 322 (1888); Dresser, Man. 
Pal. Birds, pt.i. p. 291 (1902) ; ad., Ibis, 1903, p. 405, pl. x. figs. 1-4. 
Passer moabiticus yatii, Hartert, Vég. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 155 (1904). 
Passer yatei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1909). 
Three eggs of Yate’s Sparrow are of a rather pointed oval shape 
and fairly glossy. The ground-colour is dull white, densely and 
finely freckled all over with dull purplish-grey. Two measure 
respectively 7 by °5 and ‘73 by °5. 
3. Seistan, E. Persia (VV. Sarudny). H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]}. 
Passer motitensis, Smith. 
(Plate X. fig. 1.) 
Passer motitensis, Andersson, B. Damaral. p. 186 (1872); Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. M. xii. p. 824 (1888); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. 
p- 162 (1900); Shelley, Birds Afr. iti. p. 244 (1902); Rerchenow, 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 240 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1909). 
Two eggs of the Damara-land Sparrow are of a rather broad oval 
form and slightly glossy. They are white, sparsely spotted with 
brownish-grey and lavender-grey round the larger end, and in the 
specimen figured there are a few scattered spots over the rest of the 
shell. They measure respectively ‘82 by 6 and °8 by ‘61. 
2. Arljab River, Damara-land, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 
Oct. (C. J. Andersson: Tristram 
Coll.). 
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