PASSER. 209 



Passer ruficinctus, Fischer j- Eeichenow. 



Passer ruficinctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 325 (1888) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiermmml. p. 109 (1899) ; Heichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 241 

 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 



Three eggs of Fischer's Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. The ground-colour is dull white or yellowish- 

 white, blotched and spotted with pale chocolate-brown and with 

 underlying clouded markings of violet- grey. They measure re- 

 spectively *75 by -58, '78 by -59, and -78 by *6. 



3. Lake Naivasha, B. E. Africa, F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. [C.]. 

 7th July. 



Passer ammodendri, Severtz. 



Passer ammodendri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 337 (1888) ; ? Nehrk. 



Kat. Eitrsamml. p. 109 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 



p. 292 (1902) ; id., Ibis, 1903, p. 406, pi. x. figs. 5-8 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



v. p. 251 (1908). 

 Passer ammodendri ammodendri, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 158 



(1904). 



Three eggs of the Saxaul Sparrow are of a broad, slightly pointed 

 oval form and distinctly glossy. They are white, profusely and 

 irregularly marked and freckled all over with yellowish-brown, 

 which by no means hides the ground-colour. They measure 

 respectively -86 by -03, -91 by -62, and -90 by -64. 



The two eggs from Kuldja (Nehrk orn Coll.) have, in my opinion, 

 been wrongly identified, and are probably those of some species of 

 Lark, perhaps of Alaudula heinei or some species of Galerida, which 

 they closely resemble. Nehrkorn, in describing these eggs, noted 

 that they were remarkably Lark-like in appearance. 



3. Saxaul Steppe, Turkestan, 15th W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



June. [P.I 



[2. Kuldja, Mongolia (Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest.] 

 Coll.}. 



Passer saharae, Erlanyer. 



Corospiza simplex, Loche, Expl. Sd. Alyer., Ois. i. p. 138 (1867). 

 Passer simplex, Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 603 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xii. p. 339 (1888) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 109 



(1899) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. 208 (1905). 

 Passer simplex saharae, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 163 (1904). 

 Passer saharae, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 



The eggs of the Desert-Sparrow taken by Loche in Algeria are of 

 a broad oval form and possess a small amount of gloss. They are 

 dull white, speckled and spotted with brown and lavender-grey. 

 These markings are dense on the larger half of the egg and form a 

 wreath or irregular zone round the broad end, or, sometimes, an 



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