272 Mr. H. Whistler on the [Ibis, 



Sporseginfhns amandava (L.). (7 skins.) 



A resident and common, but confined to bush and " Pampas 



o-rass " jungle in the neighbourhood of water, as at Chund, 



Massan, and Nurpiir. 



Carpodacus erythrina roseata (Hodgs.). (2 sldns.) 



Two males were secured from a small flock in a 



Kikur-tree in the Police lines at Jhang on 18 September, 



1918. 



Gymnorhis flavicollis transfuga Hartert. (6 skins.) 



An abundant summer visitor, arriving in the latter half of 

 March and becoming common by the beginning of April. 

 The earliest date on which it was observed was 17 March, 

 1918, at Shorkot, where the species appears to arrive a few 

 days earlier than about Jhang, It breads in May, and about 

 the middle of August collects into flocks which associate with 

 Sparrows and Buntings in the fields of ripe millet. Not ob- 

 served after 10 September, 1919. 



Passer hispaniolensis transcaspicus Tschusi. (12 skins.) 



A winter visitor in flocks, but somewhat variable in its 

 numbers from year to year. It consorts with P. d. indicus, 

 often in the neighbourhood of isolated handets, and is partial 

 to the seed-heads of the Sarkana grass. It was observed from 

 December until the end of March (latest dates 2S March, 

 1918 ; 26 March, 1919), but my records of this species are 

 rather incomplete. 



Passer domesticus indicus Jard. & Selby. (14 skins.) 



An abundant resident and generally distributed. 



Passer domesticus parkini Whistler. (7 skins.) 



On the autumn pass.ige of 1918, on various dates in 

 September and October, I noticed a very marked migration of 

 Sparrows; large flocks were to be seen in the evenings flying- 

 fast and straight in a south-easterly direction. A lucky 

 chance at one of these flocks secured a male and female, which 

 at once struck me as larger and slightly different in tint from 



