PASSER. 205 



Passer italis (Vieill.). 



Passer italise, Baedeker, Bier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 8 (1865-6.3) j 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 585 (1876); Whitehead, Ibis, 1885, 

 p. .S9 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 315 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. 

 Fal. Birds, pt. i. p. 290 (1902) ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. 

 p. 152 (1904); Jourd Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 9 

 (1906) ; Sharpe, tiand-l. v. p. 247 (1909). 



Passer domesticus cisalpinus, Bree, Birds Eur. 2iid ed. iv. p. 49, pi. 

 (1875). 



The eggs of the Italian Sparrow do not appear to differ from 

 those of P. domesticus. They measure from -8 to '9 in length, and 

 from -58 to "62 in breadth. 



6. Corsica. J. Whitehead, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Italy, 21st April W. RadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Tioino, N. Italy, 20th May Seebohm Coll. 



{T. Holland), 

 f). Milan, Italy, 15th May (Count Seebohm Coll. 



Turati). 

 4. Palermo, N. Sicily, 16th April. W. Radclilfe Saunders, Esq. 



4. Sferra Cavallo, Corsica, 14th April. W. Radcliife Saunders, Esq. 



[P.], 



Passer Mspaniolensis (Temm.). 



Fringilla salicaria, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 426 (1845-54). 



Fringilla hispaniolensis, Thien. torn. cit. tab. xxxiv. fig. 14, a-c. 



Passer salicicola, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 12. fig. 9 (1855-63) ; 



Salmn, Ibis, 1859, p. 314 ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 218. 

 Passer salicarius, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iv. p. 62, pi. (1875). 

 Passer hispaniolensis. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 593 (1876) ; Beid, Ibis, 



1887, p. 434 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 317 (1888) ; Dresser, 



Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 291 (1902); Whitaher, Birds Tunis, i. 



p. 205 (1905) ; Jourd. Eggs Europ. Birds, p. 92, pi. 26. fig. 10 (1906) : 



Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 248 (1909). 

 Passer hispaniolensis . hispaniolensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fawn. pt. ii. 



p. 156 (1904). 

 Passer hispaniolensis fliictigeri, Elmnschm. ; Hartert, t. c. p. 168 (1904). 

 Passer fliickigeri, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 248 (1909). 



The eggs of the Spanish Sparrow are very uniform, and agree 

 closely with some of the eggs of the House-Sparrow. The ground- 

 colour is bluish- or greyish-white ; and the markings, which are 

 very distinct and well-defined, consist of spots and small blotches 

 of dark brown and underlying lavender-grey distributed over the 

 entire shell, but more thickly on the larger half of the egg than 

 elsewhere. They measure from -8 to 1-0 in length, and from -SS to 

 •66 in breadth. 



6. South Spain, 7th May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 5 Andalucia, S. Spain, 16th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



