PASSER. 205 



Passer italiae (Vieill.). 



Passer italise, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 8 (1855-63) ; 



Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 585 (1876); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, 



p. 39; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 315 (1888); Dresser, Man. 



Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 290 (1902); Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 152 (1904); Jourd Eggs Eur op. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 9 



(190(5); Sharpe, ttand-l. v.'p. 247 (1909). 

 Passer domesticus cisalpinus, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 49, pi. 



(1875). 



The eggs of the Italian Sparrow do not appear to differ from 

 those of P. domesticus. They measure from -8 to '9 in length, and 

 from -58 to -62 in breadth. 



5. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Italy, 21st April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Ticino, N. Italy, 20th May Seebohm Coll. 



(T.Holland). " 



5. Milan, Italy, 15th May (Count Seebohm Coll. 



Turati). 

 4. Palermo, N. Sicily, 16th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



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4. Sferra Cavallo, Corsica, 14th April. W. Radcliffe Saunderg, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Passer hispaniolensis (Ternm.). 



Fringilla salicaria, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 426 (1845-54). 



Fringilla hispaniolensis, Thien. torn. cit. tab. xxxiv. fig. 14, a-c. 



Passer salicicola, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 314 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 218. 

 Passer salicarius, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 52, pi. (1875). 

 Passer hispaniolensis, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 593 (1876) ; Reid, Ibis, 



1887, p. 434 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 317 (1888) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 291 (1902) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. 



p. 205 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 10 (1906) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 248 (1909). 

 Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 



p. 156 (1904). 



Passer hispaniolensis fliickigeri, Kleinschm. ; Hartert, t. c. p. 158 (1904). 

 Passer fliickigeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 248 (1909). 



The eggs of the Spanish Sparrow are very uniform, and agree 

 closely with some of the eggs of the House-Sparrow. The ground- 

 colour is bluish- or greyish-white ; and the markings, which are 

 very distinct and well-defined, consist of spots and small blotches 

 of dark brown and underlying lavender-grey distributed over the 

 entire shell, but more thickly on the larger half of the egg than 

 elsewhere. They measure from -8 to I/O in length, and from '58 to 

 66 in breadth. 



6. South Spain, 7th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Andalucia, S. Spain, 16th April. W. RadclifTe Saunders, Esq. 



