PASSERIN &. 265 
The young bird is brown above, paler beneath, whitish on the 
throat and belly ; tail blackish, and a few small white specks 
on the wings. 
The Red Waxbill occurs throughout the Presidency, but is 
locally distributed ; it is somewhat rare in the Deccan. It is a 
permanent resident and breeds during September and October, 
building a rather large globular nest of grass. The eggs, five or six 
in number, are dead, glossless, white ovals, measuring 0°55 in 
length by about 0°43 in breadth. 
Estrelda formosa, Lath. 
705.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p- 361; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 496; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 
Vol. IX, p. 416; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 
1885, p. 129. 
THE GREEN WAXBILL. 
Harri Lal, Hin. 
Length, 4; wing, 1°75; tail, 1-4. 
Bill waxy-red ; irides pale-brown ; feet plumbeons-brown. 
Above light olive-green; quills and tail dusky, the former 
edged with green; beneath very pale-yellow, somewhat darker 
on the lower belly and under tail-coverts, and with broad trans- 
verse dashes of dusky on the flanks and sides of the abdomen. 
The Green Waxbill is common on the Vindhian hills near 
Mhow, also on the Aravalli Range; it occurs but rarely in the 
Deccan, and has not been recorded from Sind. 
It is a permanent resident ; both nest and eggs resemble those 
of £. amandava, but are somewhat larger. - 
SUB-FAMILY, Passerinee. 
Bill stout and strong, somewhat turned, slightly compressed 
towards the tip; the culmen broad, convex ; commissure straight ; 
wings moderate ; the first three primaries about equal, the fourth 
nearly as long; tail moderate, nearly square, or very slightly 
forked ; tarsus moderate; feet formed both for hopping on the 
ground and perching ; lateral toes about equal. 
Genus, Passer, Brisson. 
The characters are the same as those of the sub-family. 
Passer domesticus, Zin. 
706.—P. indicus, Jard. and Selby.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. 
II, p. 362; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 496; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 416; Murray’s Vertebrate 
Zoology of Sind, p. 183; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; 
Ibis, 1885, p. 129. 
THE House Sparrow. 
Length, 5°5 to 6; expanse, 9; wing, 8; tail, 2:25. 
