1921.] the JSfear East and Tropical East Africa. 631 
PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS. 
Passer h. hispaniolensis (Temm.). 
All Egyptian birds I have examined belong to the typical 
race, also January birds from Solium. The Spanish Sparrow 
apparently used to breed in Egypt, but has long since ceased 
to do so. They arrive in immense flocks from the north 
from September onwards and spread all over the Delta, 
being as common in the Alexandria Docks as they are in the 
Fayoum or anywhere else in the Delta. They spread far 
down the Nile, reaching south to Merowe, creating havoc 
among the crops. 
In spring they begin to leave in the middle of March, and 
a large flock was seen at the Delta Barrage as late as 11. iv. 
Passer h. transcaspicus Tschusi. 
The common race of Palestine and Syria, extending south 
in winter to central Sinai. The only breeding colonies I saw 
were at the north-west corner of the Sea of Galilee and in the 
Lower Jordan Valley, but the vast majority of winter birds 
are migrants, breeding birds being rare. Most of the winter 
visitors appear to have left Palestine by the middle of 
March. Not seen in Palestine outside the Jordan Valley 
and Sea of Galilee areas. 
Passer italiae (Vieill.). 
A typical specimen shot from a flock of Spanish Sparrows 
at Solium on 21. i. was a male with a wing of 76 mm. This 
is the first Egyptian record. 
Melanocorypha calandra hebraica. 
Melanocorypha calandra liebraica Meinertz. Bull. B. 0. C. 
xli. 1920, p. 21 : Jenin in northern Palestine. 
The common resident Calandra Lark of Syria and 
Palestine, breeding from Damascus and Baalbek to the Plain 
of Esdraelon in northern Palestine and throughout the 
coastal belt of that country. Not noted in the Judaean 
highlands or Jordan Valley. 
