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ranges of the N. W. Himalaya. It is almost of the same size as the 

 Munia Malabarica, or perhaps a trifle larger, of a uniform rufescent 

 brown colour, paler below and dusky on the inner webs of the quills. 

 The feet are plumbeous and the claws proportionally somewhat 

 longer than in the last species. It has a distinctly more rufescent 

 tinge in all its plumage, than the true M. Malabarica. The only 

 specimen which I possess is in a good state of preservation and 

 belongs, I believe, to a imw species. 



205. Passer indicus, J a r d. and Sell. (II. 362,) is common 

 all through the N. W. Himalayas, but only near villages or cultivated 

 spots. It is dining the summer most abundant in the Indus valley 

 about Lei, though not a single bird remains here during the winter, 

 all migrating either down the valley to the Punjab, or to the lower 

 ranges of the Himalayas. 



206. Passer cinnamoueus, Goul d, (II. 365), is plentiful all 

 through the valley, but usually found above elevations of 6,000 feet, 

 it is mostly confined to the jungly districts,* though generally not far 

 from villages ; it breeds in holes of trees. 



207. Passer montanus, L i n n. (II. 366), is only rarely seen in the 

 eastern parts of the valley, near Chini and towards the Chinese 

 frontier. 



^208. Emberiza cia, Linn. (II. 371, Emb. Strachei/i, Moore, 

 372). The general rufescent colour above increases from the back 

 towards the tail ; the longer upper tail coverts are centrally streaked 

 black, the two central tail feathers broadly margined with rufescent, 

 this colour being much, paler in the female; the two outer tail 

 feathers are for nearly the total terminal half white, more so on the 

 inner, than on the outer webs ; the breast is uniform ashy in old males, 

 with dusky spots in the females and young birds ; the three black 

 streaks on the sides of the head are very distinct, the central one 

 becoming much narrower towards the nape, while the grey streak is at 

 the same time much wider. 



This European species is very common in summer all through the 

 N. W. Himalayas on both the Indian and the Tibetan side; in winter 

 it mostly remains on the lower southern ranges. 



* Ibis, 1867, p. 42, B I y t h is correct in supposing that it is a tree- and not a 

 nouse-sparrow. 



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