PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS 205 



PASSER ITALIC (Vieillot). 

 ITALIAN SPAEROW. 



Fringilla Italise, Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xii, p. 199 (1817). 



Passer italiae, Bo7iap. Consp. i, p. 509 (1850) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. 

 Mas. xii, p. 315 ; Loche, Expl. Sci. Alg. Ois. i, p. 133 (1867) ; Koenig, 

 J. f. 0. 1888, p. 242 ; id. J. f. 0. 1893, p. 61 ; Whitaker, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 97 ; id. Ibis, 1898, p. 132. 



Description. — Adult male, spring, from Gafsa, South Tunisia. 



Differs from P. domcsticus chiefly in having the crown and nape of a 

 rich chestnut- red, and from P. hispaniolcnsis in having no black on the 

 sides and flanks, and in being more rufous on the back. 



Soft parts and measurements as in P. domesticus. 



Adult female resembles the female of P. domesticus. 



I include this species among the birds of Tunisia, having obtained 

 in the south of the Eegency examples of Sparrows which, although 

 not typical P. italice, resemble that species more than they do either 

 P. domesticus or P. hispaniolensis. As already stated in the preceding 

 article, however, I cannot say that I have ever met with a perfectly 

 typical example of P. Italice anywhere in Tunisia, although from 

 Marocco I have specimens which are almost identical with typical 

 examples from Italy. Dr. Koenig mentions having met with P. italice 

 at Monastir on the east coast of Tunisia (J. f. 0. 1893, p. 61). I have 

 not visited that place, but at Sousa, which is not far distant from 

 Monastir, the only Sparrows I came across were P. Mspanioleiisis. 



PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS (Temminck). 

 SPANISH SPAEROW. 



Fringilla hispaniolensis, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i, p. 353 (1820). 



Passer hispaniolensis, Biipip, Syst. Uebers. p. 78 (1845) ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mils, xii, p. 317 ; Koenig, J.f. 0. 1888, p. 241 ; id. J.f. 0. 



1893, p. 62. 

 Fringilla (Passer) hispaniolensis, Malherbe, Cat. Beds. d'Ois. Alg. 



p. 14 (1846). 

 Passer salicicola, Loche, Expl. Sci. Alg. Ois. i, p. 134 (1867) ; Whitaker, 



Ibis, 1894, p. 29 ; id. Ibis, 1898, p. 132. 

 Passer italise hispaniolensis, Erlanger, J.f. 0. 1899, p. 477. 



