366 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



the feathers of the back centered dark ; wings and tail dusky, 

 the feathers pale edged ; beneath sullied brownish-white ; throat 

 black. 



Length 5 inches ; wing 2-§ ; tail 2. 



This Sparrow differs from P. indicus by its smaller size ; the 

 rump feathers are dull maronne instead of greyish brown ; and the 

 black of the throat does not descend over the fore-neck and 

 breast. The beak and feet too are conspicuously smaller. It has 

 only been procured at Bahawulpore, in Sindh, and nothing is 

 known of its habits. It appears much to resemble P. rutilans of 

 Japan. 



The female is at present unknown. 



The next Sparrow is remarkable for both sexes being clad alike, 

 in a plumage similar to that of the males of the previous species. 



710. Passer montanus, Linn^us. 



Fringilla, apud Linnaeus — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 184 

 f. 2— Blyth, Cat.— 647— Horsf., Cat. 763. 



The Mountain Sparrow. 



Descr. — Head above and nape vinous chesnut ; the shoulders of 

 the wings rich chesnut ; the back and wings rusty chesnut, with 

 black streaks ; rump and upper tail-coverts unstriped yellowish- 

 brown ; the quills dusky, edged with rufous, and with the outer webs, 

 near their base, entirely so ; two whitish bars on the wings formed 

 by the tips of the coverts ; tail dusky, narrowly edged with rufous ; 

 the lores, a stripe below the eye, and the posterior edge of the 

 ear-coverts, black, as are the chin and throat ; the anterior parts 

 of the ear-coverts, and the sides of the neck extending towards the 

 nape, white ; beneath pale ashy, albescent on the lower abdomen 

 and under tail-coverts, and tinged with fulvous brown on the 

 breast, flanks, and thigh-coverts. 



Sexes alike. Length about 5 inches ; wing 2|; tail 2. 



The Mountain Sparrow is found, in India, only on the Himalayas, 

 thence extending to the South-east throughout the hill ranges of 

 Assam ; and finally in Burmah, from Kamree in Arrakan and 



