650 Dr. C. B. Ticehurst on [Ibis, 



common in remote villages such as at Jungree at the foot of 

 tlie Soorjana Hills ; whether it occurs or not in the higher 

 hills I do not know for certain, but it probably does so in the 

 small settlements there. 



Doig says the Sparrow nests in every month of tlie year, 

 but this I could not confirm ; it may build nests, but does 

 not I think lay before the end of March (earliest eggs 25th), 

 and the earliest young on the wing were noted on 11 April ; 

 nor do I think it breeds much after October, as I never saw 

 newly flying young later than that. No remarkable nesting- 

 sites came under observation, ])ut T do not recollect seeing' 

 open nests in trees in Sind, though I have in Beluchistan. 



Nine males measure : wing 75"5-77*5, tail 55"5-57'5, bill 

 (base) 13"5-14 mm. 



Five females measure : wing 71-74*5, tail 51-57, bill 

 (base) 13-11 mm. 



Passer domesticus parkini Whistler. 



On 12 December, 1918, I met with a flock of House- 

 Sparrows right out in the "khan " grass jungle on the Jamrao 

 Canal, in the sort of place one expected to meet with pyrrJio- 

 notits or hispaniolensis, as House-Sparrows do not frequent 

 such places unless near habitations ; consequently I shot one 

 to make sure of the identity, and was surprised to find that 

 it was a regular giant of a House-Sparrow compared with 

 our resident birds. On my return to Karachi Mr. Whistler 

 curiously enough wa'ote to me about some similarly large 

 House-Sparrows he had obtained at J hang in the Lower 

 Punjab "evidently migrating," and we came to the conclusion 

 that some large form, probably a hill-race, was a winter visitor 

 to the north-western plains of India. Whence came these 

 Sparrows ? St. John (Ibis, 1889) says House-S[)arrows 

 leave southern Afghanistan and Kelat in winter ; Marshall 

 makes the same statement as regards Quetta (which I too can 

 confirm) ; Whitehead recorded vast numbers on passage in 

 spring at Kohat, and Fulton says it is a summer visitor to 

 Ohitral. Here, then, was a guide as to whence our Sparrow 

 came. Mr. Whistler subsequently visited Kashmir and 



