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Passer ruficinctus, Fischer 5 Reichenow. 
Passer ruficinctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 325 (1888) ; Nehrk. 
Kat. Eiersammi. p- 109 (1899) ; Aezchenow, ig. Afr. iil. p. 241 
(1904); Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 
Three eggs of Fischer’s Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 
slightly glossy. The ground-colour is dull white or yellowish- 
white, blotched and spotted with pale chocolate-brown and with 
underlying clouded markings of violet-grey. They measure re- 
spectively °75 by °58,°78 by °59, and °78 by °6. 
3. Lake Naivasha, B. E. Africa, F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. [C. ]. 
7th July. 
Passer ammodendri, Severtz. 
Passer ammodendri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 337 (1888) ; ? Nehrhk. 
Kat. Miersamml. p. 109 (1899); Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 
p. 292 (1902) ; d., Jbis, 1903, p. 406, pl. x. figs. 5-8; Sharpe, Hand-l. 
v. p. 251 (1908). 
Passer ammodendri ammodendri, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 158 
(1904). 
Three eggs of the Saxaul Sparrow are of a broad, slightly pointed 
oval form and distinctly glossy. They are white, profusely and 
irregularly marked and freckled all over with yellowish- -brown, 
which by no means hides the ground-colour. ‘They measure 
respectively *86 by °63, -91 by °62, “and ‘90%by -64. 
The two eggs from Kuldja (Nehrkorn Coll.) have, in my opinion, 
been wrongly identified, and are probably those of some species of 
Lark, perhaps of Alaudula heinei or some species of Galerida, which 
they closely resemble. Nehrkorn, in describing these eggs, noted 
that they were remarkably Lark-like in appearance. 
3. Saxaul Steppe, Turkestan, 15th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
June. (Mes): 
-[2. Kuldja, Mongolia (Nehkrkorn Crowley Bequest. | 
Coll.). 
Passer sahare, Hrlanger. 
Corospiza simplex, Loche, Expl. Set. Algér., Ors. i. p. 158 (1867). 
Passer simplex, Dresser, Birds Eur. it. p. 603 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
B. M. xii. p. 339 (1888) [part.]; Nehrk. Kat. Eitersamml. p. 109 
(1899); Whitaker, Birds Tunis. 1. p. 208 (1905). 
Passer simplex sahare, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 165 (1904). 
Passer sahare, Sharpe, Hand-l, v. p. 251 (1908). 
The eggs of the Desert-Sparrow taken by Loche in Algeria are of 
a broad oval form and possess a small amount of gloss. They are 
dull white, speckled and spotted with brown and lavyender-grey. 
These markings are dense on the larger half of the egg and form a 
wreath or irregular zone round the broad end, or, sometimes, an 
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