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mentions dwarf eggs 12.5 X 10.8 and 12.7 X 10.2 mm., as well an as 

 abnormally large egg 25.9 X 16.9 mm. Eggs from northern Europe are 

 slightly larger: thus 20 eggs from Finland average 23.2 X 16.3 mm. 

 (Sandman). As will be seen from the above measurements there is con- 

 siderable variation in size and shape in the eggs of this species. The 

 average weight of 33 full eggs is 2.568 g. (Foster). 



[Several Geographical Races of this species are found south of the 

 Mediterranean: P. domesticus tingitamis Loche inhabits Marocco, Algeria 

 and Tunis, P. d. ahasver Kleinschm. the country south of the Atlas, P. d. 

 hihlicus Hart, part of Syria and Palestine, etc.] 



41. Italian Sparrow, Passer italiae (Vieill.). 



Plate 26, fig. 9 (Ticino). 



Eggs: Baedeker, Tab. 12, fig. 8. 

 Foreign Names: Italy: Passera. 



Passer italiae (Vieill.). Dresser, Birds of Europe, III, p. 585; id. Man. 

 Pal. Birds, p. 290; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 152. 



Breeding Range: Italy, Corsica, southern France and the Balearic Isles. 



Con- This species replaces the Common Sparrow, south of the Alps, on 



the mainland of Italy, where it is an abundant resident in the towns and 



villages. It is however absent from Sardinia, Malta and Sicily (except at 



Messina), but occurs in the Balearic Isles, and locally in the Tyrol and 



Istria in company with P. domesticus (Arrigoni) as well as in Elba and 



Corsica, In the Riviera it is found at Nice, and occurs also as far as Lyon. 



Nest, In nesting habits it closely resembles the House Sparrow, and the 



etc. eggs are quite undistinguishable, though perhaps slightly smaller than 



typical eggs of P. domesticus from middle Europe. Breeding season from 



April to July. 



Measure- Average size of 38 eggs measured by the writer, 21.76 X 15.37 mm.. 



Max. 23.6 X 16.4 mm., Min. 20 X 16 and 20.5 X 14.1 mm. 



43. Spanish Sparrow, Passer liispaniolensis (Tenim.). 



Plate 26, fig. 10 (Sokia, Asia Minor, 16. V. 99). 



Eggs: Baedeker, Tab. 12, fig. 9. 



Foreign Names: France: Moineau espagnol. Italy: Passera sarda. 

 Portugal: Pardal. Spain: Gorrion molinero. 



Passer liispaniolensis (Temm.). Dresser, Birds of Europe, III, p. 593; 

 id. Man. of Pal. Birds, p. 291. P. liispaniolensis liispaniolensis (Temm.). 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, p. 156. 



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