208 FRINGILLID.B. 



2. Deelfontein, 31st Dec. (E. S.). Col. A. T. Sloggett [P.]. 



3. Transvaal, 27 th Sept. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe [P.]. 

 8. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, Oct. Crowley Bequest. 



(T.Ayres: Tristram Coll.). 



2. 14 Streams, Vaal River, Trans- R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [0.]. 



vaal, Nov. , 



2. 14 Streams, Nov. R. B. Woosnam, Esq. [C.]. 



Passer moabiticus, Tristram. 



Passer moabiticns, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 321 (1888) ; id., 



Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1909). 

 Passer moabiticus moabiticus, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 155 (1904). 



Eggs of the Palestine Sparrow are similar to those of P. indicus, 

 but are often of a somewhat narrower oval shape. They measure 

 from -7 to '8 in length, and from -5 to -53 in breadth. 



6 Palestine. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.l. 



4. Palestine. W. RadcliSe Saunders, Esq. 



5. Jordan Valley, Palestine, 23rd W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



April. rP.]. 



5. Jordan Valley, 28th April. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



Passer yatei, Sharpe. 



Passer vatii, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 322 (1888) ; Dresser, Man. 

 Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 291 (1902) ; id., Ibis, 1903, p. 405, pi. x. figs. 1-4. 

 Passer moabiticus yatii, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 155 (1904). 

 Passer yatei, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1009). 



Three eggs of Yate's Sparrow are of a rather pointed oval shape 

 and fairly glossy. The ground-colour is dull white, densely and 

 finely freckled all over with dull purplish-grey. Two measure 

 respectively "7 by -o and '73 by "S. 



3. Seistaa, E. Persia (N. Sarudny). H. E. Dresser, Esq. [E.]. 



Passer motitensis, Smith. 



(Plate X. fig. 1.) 



Passer motitensis, Andersson, B. Damaral. p. 186 (1872) ; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds B. M. xii. p. 824 (1888); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. 

 p. 162 (1900); Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 244 (1902); Reichenow, 

 Vog. Afr. iii. p. 240 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 250 (1909). 



Two eggs of the Damara-land Sparrow are of a rather broad oval 

 form and slightly glossy. They are white, sparsely spotted with 

 brownish-grey and lavender-grey round the larger end, and in the 

 specimen figured there are a few scattered spots over the rest of the 

 shell. They measure respectively -82 by -6 and -8 by '61. 



2. Arljab River, Damara-land, 22nd Crowley Bequest. 

 (Jet. [C. J. Andersson: Tristram 

 Coll.). 



