BIRDS OF TRE INDIAN EMPIRE. 731 



1031. (775) Qymnoris xanthcsterna transfuga. The Sind 



Yellow-throated Sparroiv. 

 Gymnoris flavicollis transfuga Hartert, Vog. Pal. i., j). 145 

 (1903), {Baluchistan). 

 Persia to Sind and Afghanistan. 



1032. (776) Passer domesticus indicus. The Indian House- 



Sparrow. 

 P. indicus Jard. db Sel, III. Oni. Hi., p. 118 (1835-1848), 

 (India). 



India and Burma. 



1033.* (777) Passer domesticus pyrrhonotus. The Rufous- 

 backed Sparroiv. 

 P. pyrrhonotus Bhjth, J.A.8.B. xiii., p. 946 (1844), (Sind). 

 Sind. 



1034, (778) Passer hispaniolensis transcaspicus. The Eastern 

 Spanish-Spa rrow. 

 Tschusi, Orn. Jahrb., 1903, p. 10 (Transcaspia). 

 Transcaspia to Punjab. 



^035. (779) Passer montanus saturatus. The Indian Tree- 

 Sparrow. 

 Passer saturatus Stejn., Pro. Nat. Mus. U.S. viii., p. 19 

 (1885), (Lit Kiu Is) 



All India, N. and C. Burma and Siam. 



1036. t(779) Passer montanus malaccensis. The Maty Tree- 



Sparrow, 

 Passer malaccensis Dubois, Faune III. Vert. Beige, Ois. i., 

 p. 0I2 (1885), (Malacca). 



Extreme S. Burma and Siam to Malay Peninsula. 



1037. (779) Passer montanus dilutus. The Afghan Tree- 



Sparrow. 

 Richm., Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xviii., p. 577,(1895), (Kashgar). 

 Common resident Baluchistan. 



1038. (780) Passer rutilans cinnamomeus. The Cinnamon 



T ree- Spar r 010. 

 Pyrgita cinnamomea Gould P.Z.S., 1835, p. 185, (Bhutan). 

 Breeding E. Himalayas to Yunnan. 



1039. (780) Passer rutilans debilis. The Kashmir Cinnamon 



Tree-Sparrow. 

 Hartert, Vog. Pal, p. 163 (1910), (Sind-Tal, Kashmir). 

 Western Himalayas. 



* I am rather doubtful as to whether this bird should not be given full specific 

 rank. 



t The form found in Siam and S. Burma is intermediate between saturatus and 

 malaccensis. 



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