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Length about 6| in. ; of wing 3| in. ; and tail If in. : bill to fore- 

 head 16 in. ; and tarse f in. Crown and under-parts bright golden- 

 yellow, paling a little or passing to a purer yellow on the belly and 

 lower tail-coverts, including the tibial plumes : back greenish-yellow 

 with dusky mesial streaks ; upper tail-coverts and tail yellowish 

 olive-green, the rump somewhat yellower : wings dusky, the small 

 coverts margined with greenish-yellow, the greater coverts and 

 tertiaries with pale yellowish-brown, and the primaries with dull 

 yellow : lores, ear-coverts, chin and throat, black, passing backward 

 as a straight line from the nostrils, so as just to include the eyes. 

 Bill infuscated, probably changing colour according to season ; and 

 feet brownish-carneous. " This bird flies in large flocks, and is fond 

 of flowers, blossoms, and grass-seeds; avoiding jungle and trees." 



# Passer castanoptertts, nobis, n. s. Length about 5 in. ; of wing 

 2f in. ; and tail 2 in. Structure typical. Crown and occiput, sca- 

 pularies and wing-coverts, vivid light chesnut: back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, greenish olive-grey, the first black-centred : cheeks 

 and lower-parts clear pale yellowish, sullied with olive on the flanks : 

 the usual black gular mark, extending down upon the breast ; and 

 the lores and feathers at the base of the lower mandible also black : 

 a trace of a white wing-band ; and the great alars and caudals dusky, 

 more or less pale-edged, the margin broadest and more rufescent on 

 the tertiaries. Bill and legs as in P. domesticus. " This species 

 of Sparrow affects the jungles." 



*P. (?) tristriatus ; Serinus tristriatus, Biippell. Bill typically 

 formed ; the white gular mark as in P. gularis, Lesson (P. simplex 

 apud Swainson), of "W". Africa : feet and claws more slender and 

 delicate than in other Sparrows ; and the plumage soft and lax. 

 " Inhabits the mountains, and flies in flocks. 



" The common English Sparrow does not exist in the part of the 

 Somali country visited by Lt. Speke : and it is generally asserted 

 that it cannot live in Aden. The experiment of transporting them 

 was tried by an officer, who brought from Bombay a batch of Spar- 

 rows and Crows. The former soon died; and the latter lingered 

 through an unhappy life, became mangey, and (to judge from the 

 absence of young) ceased to increase and multiply." 



*Pyrrhulauda leucotis, (Stanley). " Found only at the village 



