209 



Passer ruflcinctus, Fischer S( Edchenow. 



Passer ruflcinctus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xii. p. 325 (1888) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Miersamml. p. 109 (1899) ; Jtieiohenow, Voc/. Afr. iii. p. 241 

 (1904) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 251 (1908). 



Three eggs of Fisclier's Sparrow are of a broad oval shape and 

 slightly glossy. The grouiid-oolour is dull white or yellowish- 

 white, blotched and spotted with pale chocolate-brown and with 

 underlying clouded myrkings of violet-grey. They measure re- 

 spectively -75 by -58, -78 by -59, and •7» by -6. 



3. Lake Naivasha, B. E. Africa, F. J. Jackson, Esq., C.B. [C.]. 



7th July. 



Passer ammodendri, Severtz. 



Passer ammodendri, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 337 (1888) ; ? Nehrh. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 109 (1899) ; Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. 



p. 292 (1902) ; id., Ibis, 1003, p. 406, pi. x. figs. 5-8 ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 



V. p. 251 (1908). 

 Passer ammodendri ammodendri, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 158 



(1904). 



Three eggs of the Saxaul Sparrow are of a broad, slightly pointed 

 oval form and distinctly glossy. They are white, profusely and 

 irregularly marked and freckled all over with yellowish-brown, 

 which by no means hides the ground-colour. They measure 

 respectively -86 by -03, -91 by -62, and -90 by -64. 



The two eggs from Kuldja (Nehrkorn Coll.) have, in my opinion, 

 been wrongly identified, and are probably those of some species of 

 Lark, perhaps of Alaudala heinei or some species of Galerida, which 

 thoy closely resemble. Nehrkorn, in describing these eggs, noted 

 that they were remarkably Lark-like in appearance. 



3. Saxaul Steppe, Tm-kestan, 15th W. Radclifie Saunders, Esq. 



June. [P.]. 



[2. Kuldja, Mongolia {Nehrkorn Crowley Bequest.] 

 Coll.). 



Passer saharse, Erlanger. 



Corospiza simplex, Loche, Bxpl. Sci. Alger., Ois. i. p. 138 (1867). 

 Passer simplex. Dresser, Birds Eur. iii. p. 603 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xii. p. 339 (1888) [part.] ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 109 



(1899) ; Whitaker, Birds Tunis, i. p. :i08 (1905). 

 Passer simplex saharse, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 163 (1904). 

 Passer saharse, Sharpe, Handel, v. p. 251 (1908). 



The eggs of the Desert-Sparrow taken by Loche in Algeria are of 

 a broad oval form and possess a small amount of gloss. They are 

 duU white, speckled and spotted with brown and lavender-grey. 

 These markings are dense on the larger half of the egg and form a 

 wreath or irregular zone round the broad, end, or, sometifnes, an 



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