P YCNORHA MPHUS PASSER 289 



$ ad. (Sikhim). Head, neck, wings, back, and tail, and upper tail- 

 coverts glossy black, the middle of the back marked with yellow ; rest of 

 the plumage deep rich yellow, often orange-yellow ; bill horny blue ; legs 

 fleshy yellow. Culmen 0'85, wing 4'95, tail 3*75, tarsus 1/0 inch. The 

 female has the head and upper neck slate-grey, the back and broad margins 

 to the secondaries olive-green ; wings and tail black ; rump lower neck and 

 under parts apple-green. 



Hob. High elevations in the mountains of Nepal and 

 Sikhim, Tibet, and Western China. 



I find nothing on record respecting the habits or nidification 

 of this species, which is closely allied to P. ictcroides, which 

 inhabits the western Himalayas, differing in having the thighs 

 yellow instead of black, and the back marked with yellow. 



PASSER, Briss., 1760. 



424. HOUSE SPARROW. 

 PASSER DOMESTICUS. 



Passer domesticus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 323 (1766) ; (Naum.) iv. 

 p. 253 ; Taf. 115 ; Hewitson, i. p. 209, pi. liii. figs. 3, 4 ; (Gould), 

 B. of E. iii. pi. 184 ; id. B. of Gt. Brit. iii. pi. 32 ; Newton, ii. p. 89 ; 

 Dresser, iii. p. 587, pi. 176, fig. 1 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. 

 p. 307 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 236 ; Saunders, p. 179 ; 

 Lilford, iv. p. 42, pi. 21. 



Moineau domestique, French ; Pardal, Portug. ; Gorrion, Span. ; 

 Haussperling, German. ; Musch, Dutch. ; Graaspuro, Dan. and 

 Norw. ; Hussparf. Swed. ; Kotivarpunen, Finn. ; Domaschnik- 

 voroley, Russ. ; Gmvriya, Chum, Hind. 



<3 ad, (Turkey). Crown, nape, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverls 

 ashy grey, the latter tinged with brown ; lores black ; a broad streak on 

 the side of the head joining and broadening on the hind-neck chestnut-red ; 

 mantle chestnut, varied with sandy ochreous and streaked with black ; 

 wings and tail blackish margined with rufous, rufous buff, and greyish 

 buff ; a white band across the wing ; sides of the head and of the neck 

 white ; chin and throat deep black ; rest of the under parts greyish white, 

 breast and flanks washed with ashy grey, and abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts faintly tinged with buff ; bill black ; legs light brown ; iris dark 

 brown. Culmen 0'48, wing 2'9, tail 2'38, tarsus 0'77 inch. In the winter 

 the plumage is duller and the bill brownish grey, the lower mandible fleshy 

 yellow at the base. The female and young lack the black on the throat, 

 have the upper parts dusty brown marked with blackish and dull buff, the 

 under parts brownish ash, darker on the flanks, and the bill, like the male's 

 in winter, but rather paler. 



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