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CATALOGUE. 
" The Indian House-sparrow is generally distributed over the 
country, even in the hottest districts." — (Blyth.) 
" Nest very large, about 8 inches in diameter, of irregular shape ; 
made of any material at hand, generally straw outside, with fine grass 
and feathers within, with bits of cloth, cotton, paper, &c. ; in out- 
houses, under thatched eaves, holes in walls, down wells, and (rarely) 
holes in trees. Eggs 5 to 8 or 9, X ordinary, pale ash, thickly 
sprinkled with dirty rusty brown ; breeds in March, June, and Octo- 
ber."— (Tickell.) 
" The natives of Ceylon are much attached to this bird, and to 
attract it to their dwellings, hang on a peg in the verandah a chatty 
with a hole broken in the bottom. This is soon selected by a pair of 
sparrows for their nesting-place, and I have reason to know that the 
same pair will return to the spot year after year, and rear their callow 
nestlings, undisturbed by the presence of the inmates of the dwelling. 
Its note is similar to the European bird, and its eggs run through as 
many varieties, from almost spotless white to the darkest mottled 
brown." — (Layard .) 
762. PASSER CINNAMOMEUS, Gould Sp. 
Pyrgita cinnam.omea, Gould, P. Z. S. (1835), p. 185. 
Passer cinnamomeus, Pli/t7i, J. A. S. Beng. XI. p. 108 ; 
XIII. p. 947 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 119. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 373. Bonap., 
G. G. Av.p. 508. 
a. h, ^. Olipore. From Griffith's Collection. 
c.d.^ $. (No. 951, Hodgs. Cat.) Nepal. Presented 
by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 1853. 
e. ^. Kumaon. Presented by Captain R. Strachey. 
F. G. ^ ? . Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
763. PASSER MONTANUS, Linn. Sp. 
Fringilla montana, Linn., S. N. I. p. 324. Lath., Hist. 
of Birds, yi. p. 51. 
Passer montanus, Stephens, Shaw's Zool. XIY. p. 40. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 372. Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. XIII. ^. 947 ; XIV. ^. 553 ; Cat. B. 
Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 120. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 508. 
Cahanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 156. 
