GTMNORHIS. PASSER. 199 



Gymnorhis transfuga, Uartert. 

 (Plate X. figs. 5-7.) 



Gjmnoris flavicollis transfuga, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. li. p. 145 



(1904). 

 Gymnorhis transfuga, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 244 (1909), 



Two clutches of eggs of the Persian Yellow-throated Sparrow 

 resemble those of O. flavicollis of the paler and darker types. 

 Three eggs from the Persian Gulf are remarkably different from 

 the above : in these the ground is cream-colour, thickly mottled 

 with minute specks and streaks of pale rufous. They measure 

 from -68 to *76 in length, and from -50 to '52 in breadth. 



13. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [I*.]. 



'3. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Camming, Esq . [P.J. 



Genus CARPOSPIZA, Mutter. 



Carpospiza brachydactyla (Bonap.}. 

 (Plate X. fig. 8.) 



Petronia brachydactyla, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 447 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 292 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. Pal Birds, pt. i. 



p. 296 (1902). 

 Carpospiza brachydactyla, Uartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 145 (1904) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l v. p. 245 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Desert Rock-Sparrow are of a rather pointed 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are white, with a few small 

 scattered spots and dots of purplish-black or purplish-chocolate. 

 They measure from '75 to '78 in length, and from '52 to *57 in 

 breadth. 



1. Plains of Sahra, Syria, 7th June Crowley Bequest. 



(H. B. Tristram). 



2. Plains of Sahra, 14th June (H. Crowley Bequest. 



B. 71). 



Genus PASSER, Briss. 



Passer montanus (Linn.). 



Fringilla montana, Thien. Fortpjlanz. aes. Vog. p. 426, tab. XXXIY. 

 fig. 13, a-d (1845-54). 



Passer montanus, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 6 (1855-63) ; 

 Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 207, pi. liii. figs, i & ii (1856) ; 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 61 ; Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 597 (1875) ; 

 Seebohm fy Harvie-Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 114 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 69, pi. 13 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 301 

 (1888) [part.] ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 1-62 

 (1890) [part.] ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427 ; Seebohm, Eggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 238, pi. 56. figs. 14 & 15 (1896); Rey, Eier' Vog, 



