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are much more rufous aud more heavily striped than the 

 same parts in A. brevirostris. 



During the summer this Twite was very common at 

 Gyantse, and from that place to Lhasa. In the autumn 

 flocks of twenty or thirty birds occurred on the hills around 

 Khamba Jong, and as the weather became more severe they 

 came right into the village. It is a common cage-bird at 

 Lhasa. The Tibetan name is " Deng-deng-ma." 



52. Passer montanus. 



Passer montanus (Linn.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 ii. p. 240; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, p. 37; 

 Berez. & Bianchi, Aves Exped. Potan. Gan-su, p. 130. 



Nos. 133. S adult; 1724. ?. Khamba Jong, 15,200 

 feet, Oct. 5, 1903. Both birds are in moult. Bill black, 

 gape yellow ; feet fleshy ; iris dark brown. 



Nos. 1760. $ ; 1767. $ . Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, 

 Nov. 4, 1903. 



No. 1963. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 22, 1904. 



The Tree-Sparrow is a resident in all the villages of 

 Southern Tibet. During the winter the birds are never 

 seen away from the immediate neighbourhood of houses, 

 where they roost in crevices between the stones. When the 

 crops ripen the Sparrows spend the days in the fields, but the 

 majority return to the villages at night, and all the nests that 

 I saw were built under the eaves of the houses. At Khamba 

 Jong, where we were camped in the open plain about 

 a mile from the village, the Tree-Sparrows never visited 

 our camp. 



53. Passer cinnamomeus. 



Passer cinnamomeus (Gould) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, ii. p. 240; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 39. 



Nos. 1907. S adult ; 1908. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 

 feet, April 19, 1904. Bill black ; feet pale yellowish brown; 

 iris dark brown. 



No. 1929. S adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, April 25, 

 1904. 



