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38. Passer rufidorsalis Brehm = Passer domesticus arboreus Bp. 

 Paseer rufidorsalis Brehm, Naumannia, 1855. p. 277 (N.E. Africa). 



Type: $ ad., " Blauer Nil" 25. x. 1850., A. E. Brehm, coll. 



This specimen is now marked Passer rufidorsalis medius, but such a name 

 was never published. In 1856, Naumannia, pp. 376. 377, Brehm described 

 Passer rufidorsalis megarhynchos and microrhynchos, names which he evidently 

 altered when relabelling his specimens. The description of his " megarhynchos " 

 agrees perfectly with the bird from October 25, 1850, and it is, in my opinion, 

 the original type of both rufidorsalis, 1855, a,nd rufidorsalis megarhynchos, 1856. 



39. Pyrgita minor Brehm = Passer hispaniolensis hispaniolensis. 

 Pyrgita minor Brehm, Isis, 1842. p. 897 * {" Egypten und Buohara, Vorderasien "). 



Type : " (J hieme, ex Aegytpo allatus a Riippellio." 



In case the Spanish Sparrow from Egypt should be separated in future, 

 Brehm' s name would have the priority over Tschusi's Passer hispaniolensis 

 washingtoni (of. Vog. pal. Fauna, p. 156), and over Passer rufipectus Bonaparte. 



40. Pyrgita septentrionalis Brehm = Passer montanus montanus. 

 Pyrgita septentrionalis Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 268 (1831 — " Er bewohnt den 

 Norden, namentlioh Danemark bis Kiel "). 



Type : <J ad., Kiel, v. 1825. Probably collected by F, Boie. 



41. Miliaria valida Brehm = Emberiza calandra calandra. 

 Miliaria valida Brehm, Isis, 1841. pp. 55. 56 (Orla, Roda).t 



Type : cj ad., Orlatal, 10. i. 1820, C. L. Brehm leg. 



42. Miliaria crassirostris Brehm = Emberiza calandra calandra. 



Miliaria crassirostris Brehm, Isis, 1841. pp. 56. 57 (Mecklenburg). ' 



Type: 3 ad., Liibz in Mecklenburg, 5. v. 1831. H. Zander leg. 



43. Miliaria altirostris Brehm = Emberiza calandra calandra. 

 Miliaria altirostris Brehm, Isis, 1841. pp. 36. 57 (cJ Dresden, 26. vi. 1835, Mecklenburg, Riigen, 

 Ahlsdorf). 



Type : S ad., Dresden, 26. vi. 1835. 



The case-of the Corn-Buntings illustrates, better than, many others, that 

 Brehm's subspecies were by no means geographical forms, but varieties which 



* This name is to be added to the list of synonyms on p. 156, Vog. pal. Fauna. 



To the S3monyms of Passer italiae, p. 152, should be added : Pyrgita itala Brehm, lais, 1842. 

 p. 895 ("Oberitalien"). 



In Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. p. 1012, Brehm described a Sparrow from Triest, of which 

 he said that it had the bill of the German Sparrow and the markings of the Italian one, but on the 

 forehead of the male one grey spot. This, he says, may be called 



Pyrgita media Michahelles et Brehm. 



The name has hitherto been overlooked, like a number of the others given in the Nachtrage, pp. 

 1006-1022. The type is, unfortunately, not in the collection, and as it is evidently a Passer italiae 

 (or a hybrid ?), the locality might be wrong, for Passer domesticus is the Sparrow of Triest, from 

 where I know of only one record of itaUae. 



t This is the first description, and must be put in the place of the one quoted by me in Vog. 

 d. pal. Fauna, p. 166. The same applies to the names meridionalis (described 1831) and minor and 

 the names craaairoatris and altiroatria must be added to the synonyms. 



