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708.— Passer cinnamomeus, Gould. 



Only seen in the Eastern hills, but pretty common there 

 from 4,500 feet and upwards. 



These Manipur birds are not to be separated from Himalayan 

 ones, but they do seem, taking a series, rather greyer on the lower 

 surface, and their beautiful white wing bars, equally conspicuous 

 in both sexes, do seem somewhat more pronounced. 



I give a few details : — ■ 



Length. Expanse. Tail. Wing. Tarsus. Bill from gape. Weight. 

 S ... 5-6 8-8 1-9 274 0-7 0-49 0'6S oz. 



5-6 8-7 2-0 2-73 0'63 0-48 0'68 ,, 



? ... 5-4 8-3 1-97 2-54 0-65 0'45 0-61 „ 



Legs and feet (1) dingy rather fleshy, (2) very pale dove brown, 

 (3)dulldove brown ; claws dark brown; bill black; irides (1) rather 

 olive brown, (2) brownish yellow, (3) light yellowish brown. 



I have this from Shillong, and Godwin-Austen says that it is 

 occasionally seen under the BuVrail range of the Naga hills, 

 but this is all we yet know of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet 

 or Cachar. 



I do not know that this species occurs in British Burmah, 

 unless P. assimilis, Wald., from Tonghoo, should be referred 

 to this species. 



710.— Passer montanus, Lin, 



This is the House Sparrow of the Manipur basin, where 

 it is very abundant. Dozens may be seen feeding together in 

 any of the multitudinous little lanes that divide the enclosures 

 surrounding each mat hut in the capital. In the larger villages 

 they are equally numerous, but it is rare to meet it anywhere 

 well way from houses. 



I have this from Shillong, and from Sadiya and other 

 places in the Dibrugarh district, and Godwin- Austen gives it 

 from the Garo and Khasi hills, but I have no further details 

 of its distribution in Assam, Sylhet or Cachar. 



[This is the House Sparrow of the Dibrugarh district, where 

 it is very common. — J. R. C] 



It appears to be pretty common throughout British Burmah, 

 and throughout Tenasserim and parts of Pegu and Arakan ; 

 it is the House Sparrow, though not so in Northern Pegu, for 

 instance, where indicus holds its own, 



717.— Emberiza spodocephala, Pall 



I first met with this species in long grass in the narrow- 

 valley of the Limata, near the rest house. In all the more 



