GTMNOKHIS. — PASSER, 199 



Gymnorhis transfuga, Hariert. 



(Plate X. figs. 5-7.) 



Gymnoris flavicoUis transfuga, Hartei-t, Voa. Pal. Faun. pt. li. p. 145 



(1904). 

 Gymnorhis transfuga, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 244 (1909), 



Two clutches of eggs of the Persian Yellow-throated Sparrow 

 resemble those of Q. flavicoUis of the paler and darker types. 

 Three eggs from the Persian Gulf are remarkably dillerent from 

 the above : in these the ground is cream-colour, thickly mottled 

 with minute specks and streaks of pale rufous. They measure 

 from -68 to -76 in length, and from -50 to -52 in breadth. 



13. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Gumming, Esq. [e.]. 



-^ -^ ■ ^ '" ,„ „ „ oingj Esq. [P.]. 



3. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Gumming, 



Genus CARPOSPIZA, Midler. 



Carpospiza brachydactyla {Bonap.). 

 (Plate X. fig. 8.) 



Petronia brachydactyla, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 447 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



Birds B. M. xii. p. 292 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 



p. 296 (1902). 

 Carpospiza brachydactyla, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 145 (1904) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 245 (1909). 



Three eggs of the Desert Rock-Sparrow are of a rather pointed 

 oval shape and somewhat glossy. They are white, with a few small 

 scattered spots and dots of purplish-black or purplish-chocolate. 

 They measure from -75 to '78 in length, and from '52 to '57 in 

 breadth. 



1. Plains of Sahra, Syria, 7th June Crowley Bequest. 



{H. B. Tristram). 



2. Plains of Sahra, 14th June (if, Crowley Bequest. 



B. T.). 



Genus PASSER, Briss. 



Passer montanus {Linn.). 



Fringilla montana, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 426, tab. xxxiv. 

 fig. 13, a-d (1845-54). 



Passer montanus, Baedeker, Bier Fur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 6 (1856-63) 

 Semtson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 207, pi. liii. figs, i & ii (1856) 

 Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 61 ; Dresser, Birds Fur. ifi. p. 697 (1875) 

 Seebohm 8^ Harvie-Brovm, Ibis, 1876, p. 114 ; Seebohm, Brit. Birds, 

 ii. p. 69, pi. 13 (1884) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 301 

 (1888) [part.1 ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests Sr Fggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 162 

 (1890) [part/] ; La Touche, Ibis, 1892, p. 427 ; Seebohm, Fggs of 

 Brit. Birds, p. 238, pi. 66. figs. 14 & 15 (1896) ; Beg, Fier Vog. 



