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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
(p. 352), that this dark plumage is probably the breeding- 
plumage, does not seem to be the case. It must therefore 
be due to age. 
The series of females from Namaqualand, when compared 
with Cape, Deelfontein, and Eastern specimens, are much 
paler and more sandy on the upper surface and are perhaps 
slightly smaller. The males, however, intergrade with Cape 
and Deelfontein specimens. A series of females in breeding- 
dress are required to shew whether or not this is a pale 
Western race. 
The Cape Sparrow was noted from Namaqualand, the 
Cape Peninsula, the South-Eastern Transvaal, Pretoria, 
and Upper Natal, but does not exist in Zululand, the coast 
districts of Natal, the Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal, 
or Portuguese East Africa. It frequents towns and human 
habitations, and is found both in pairs and flocks. In call, 
actions, and general habits it resembles the European 
Sparrow. 
The soft parts are :—Irides dark hazel ; bill dark horny 
black; legs and toes dark blackish brown.] 
86. Passer griseus. 
Tv. Petersburg, Eeb., Mch. (3) ; Turfloop, Mch. (3) ; 
F. Tete, Sept. (1). 
[This Sparrow was only observed in the localities where 
specimens were taken. In the North-Eastern Transvaal it 
was fairly plentiful, and frequented gardens and orchards. 
It was scarce in the Tete district, only a few being observed 
in the native lands around my Mazoe camp. In call and 
habits it resembles the other Sparrows. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill black; legs and 
toes brown. In the winter season the bill appears to be 
paler horn-coloured.] 
87. POLIOSPIZA GULARIS. 
GC. Knysna, Apl. (1); Tv. Legogot, Apl. (2) ; Wood- 
bush, Nov., Jan. (3). 
[Specimens from East and North-East Transvaal are not 
so much spotted on the throat as Southern examples. 
