150 BIKDS OF EGYPT. 



Female. — Very like that of the Common Sparrow. 

 Entire length 6 inches ; culmen 0*45 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 3 ; tarsus 0"8. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eiu-. pi. 185. 



118. Passer montanus (Linn.). Tree-Sparrow. 



Von Heuglin (Om. N. O. Afr. p. 633) states that this 

 species comes into Egypt probably as a winter visitant. 



Both sexes are alike in plumage, and closely resemble the 

 male of P. domesticus, but are smaller, and differ in having 

 the top of the head chocolate, a black patch on the ear-coverts, 

 and some of the wing-coverts tipped with bufiF, forming two 

 bars on the shoulders. 



Entire length 5'3 inches ; culmen 04 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2-8 ; tarsus 0-5. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 184. 



119. CoccoTHRAUSTEs VULGARIS, Pall. Hawpich. 



Dr. Cavafy has kindly written to me, informing me that 

 he received a specimen of this bird from Alexandria in 1859. 

 This is the only instance of its occurrence in Egypt that 

 I know of. 



A narrow edging of feathers round the beak and a large 

 patch on the throat black ; top of the head, cheeks, and rump 

 chestnut-brown ; back and sides of the neck ash-colour ; 

 back and scapulars deep brown ; most of the greater and 

 the last row of the smaller vidng-coverts white, forming a 

 large central mark ; remainder of the wing-feathers black. 



