1922.] nirds of Jlmixi l>i.<init. 2~?) 



the common resident bird. Next year I watched for the re- 

 appearance of the bird, and in Se])tember I found that larj2;e 

 flocks again appeared feeding in the millet-fields with 

 Gi/mnorhis flavicoUis and Emberiza luteoJa or passing in a 

 southerly direction. Several specimens wore obtained and 

 found to agree with those of tlie previous year. By this 

 time I was satisfied that these migrant birds were separable 

 from P. d. indicus, and I could find no described race with 

 which they agreed. It was, however, easy to conjecture that 

 the race probably came from somewhere in the Himalaya 

 or north of them. 



Chance willed that in April and May 1920 I visited 

 r.^ashmere, and on arrival in Srinagar I at once noted that the 

 House-Sparrow which was swarming there was a largei' and 

 differently coloured bird to the common Indian race. A 

 series of six breeding birds was collected, and on my return to 

 England I satisfied myself that these birds were separable 

 from P. d. indicus, and I accdrdinglv descri]:)ed them as 

 P. d. parkini (Bull. B. 0. C xli. 1020, p. 13). A careful 

 comparison of specimens, allowing for the difference in 

 summer and winter plumages, has satisfied 'me that the 

 migrant Sparrow which passed through Jhang in numbers on 

 autumn jiassage must be attributed to the new race. 



Flocks of Sparrows probabl}^ on the return migration were 

 seen in j\Iarch and April 1918 and 1919, but no specimens 

 were obtained. 



It may be here noted that a male and female Sparrow 

 obtained by me at Ferozepore on 18 and 23 September, 

 1911, respectively, which were included in my series of 

 P. d. indicus, prove to belong to this new race. Magrath 

 has noted (Ibis, 1909, p. 232) that at Kohat vast flocks of a 

 migratory race of House-Sparrows pass through in April and 

 early in May in company with the Spanish Sparrow and the 

 Pastor. It is probable, therefore, that now attention has been 

 drawn to this new race, it will be found to be a regular passage 

 migrant through the Punjab. At Quetta the House-Sparrow 

 is noted as a summer visitor only, so an examination of 

 specimens from there is desirable. 



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