Passer arboreus, Blyth, Rennie's Field Naturalist, vol. i, p. 467, 1888.
a. S BhamO, 6th February 1868.
b. % Ponsee, 26th March 1868.
c. d. „ 26th May 1868.
e. J Manwyne, 12th May 1868.
f g. h. $ Momien, 3rd July 1868.
i. •„ 3rd July 1868.
This is the common sparrow in the Kakhyen hills and in the country to the
east, building under the thatch of the Kakhyen roofs and under the eaves of the
Chinese houses, and in all these localities it is as abundant as sparrows generally are
around human habitations in Asia and Europe.
59. P a s s e r f l a v e o l u s , Blyth.
Passer flaveolus, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 946, 1844; Bonap. Consp., Gen. Av.,
p. 508, 1850; id., Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxi, p. 844, 1862; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii,
p. 86, 1870; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 481; id., Nests and Eggs, Indian Birds,
p. 460, 1878; id., Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 156; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xliv, extra No., 1875, p. 94.
a. Mengoon, 16th January 1868.
This bird is apparently not common in TJpper Burma, but it is more prevalent
to the south, Mr. Oates recording it at Thayetmyo to be nearly as common as
P . indicus.
60. P a s s e r c i n n a m o m e u s , Gould.
Pyrgita cinnamomea, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1835, p. 185.
Passer cimnamomeus, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 108, 1842; vol. xiii, p. 947, 1844;
id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 119, 1849; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 878, 1849;
Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 508, 1850; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. ii,
p. 500, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 265, 1868; Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 57; Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 86, 1870; Hume & Hender., Lahore
to Yarkand, p. 252, pi. xxv, 1878; Cock. & Marsh., Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 357; Brooks,
op. cit., 1875, p. 254; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. Birds, p. 459, 1875;
a. b. c. d. $ Momien, 81st May 1868, 1st and 6th June 1868.
e. f „ 30th May 1868, 2nd June 1868.
Common in the fields outside the city, in long grass and hedgerows.
Genus E m b e r i z a , Linnseus.
61. E m b e r i z a a u r e o l a , Pallas.
Emberiza aureola, Pall., Reis. Russ. Reichs., p. 711, 1773; id., Zoogr. Ross-As., t. ii, p. 52,
1811; Gould, B. Eur., vol. iii, pl. 174, 1887; Fritsch., Vög. Eur., tab. 20, fig. 1;
Schrenk, Reis. Amurl., p. 277, 1859; Jaub. & Barth., Lap. Rieh. Om., p. 158, pl. x, 1859;
Radde, Reis. Ost. Sibir., p. 157, taf. iv, figs. a—h, 1868; Bree, B. Eur., vol. iii, p. 60, 1866;
Sharpe & Dresser, B. Eur., pt. iv, 1871; Finsch., Ibis, 1877, pp. 54, 55.
Passerina aureola, Vieill., Nat. Diet., t. xxv, p. 6, 1817; Degl. & Gerhe, Om. Eur., Bd. i,
p. 801, 1867; Salvad., Faun. Ital. Ucc., p. 187, 1871.
Passerina collaris, Vieill., N. Diet., t. xxv, p. 6,1817.
Emberiza selysi, Verany, Atti. del Congres. Scient. Ital. Napoli.; 1848.
Mirafra favicollis, Mc’Clell., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1839, p. 163; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 888, 1844.
Euspiza aureola, Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 376, 1844; Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p. 84, 1844;
Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 468, 1850; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxiii, p. 732, 1854;
Gray, Cat. Mamm. &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 108, 1856; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus.
E. Ind. Co., vol. ii, p. 487^^856; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. -880,1868; Gray, Handl. B.,
vol. ii, p. 112, 1870; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc.,. 1871, p. 387 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874,
pp. 250, 481; Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 94;
Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 159; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc., vol. xlv, 1876, p. 83.
Emberiza dolichonia, Bonap., Atti della sett. Adun. Sci. Ital., 1845, p. 715.
Euspiza favogularis, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xviii, pp. 86, 811, 1849; id., Cat. B.
Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 129, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 468, 1850.
Hypocentor aureolus, Cab., Mus. Hein., t. i, p. 181, 1850.
a. <$ b. c. Bhamd, February 1868.
I observed this species only on two occasions, about the middle of February,
in large flocks, in long grass, in the immediate neighbourhood of recently reaped
rice-fields.
62. E m b e r i z a p t j c a t a , Pallas.
Emberiza fucata, Pall., Reis. Prov. Russ. Reich., th. iii, p. 698, 1776; id., Zoogr. Rosso.-As.,
t. ii, p. 52,1811; Blyth, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xi, p. 601, 1842; vol. xiii; p. 957,
1844; Gray, Gen. 'B., vol. ii, p. 877, 1844; Temm. & Schl., Faun. Jap. Aves, pl. lvii, 1850;
Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 464, 1850; Fritsch., Vog. Eur., taf. 20, fig. 6, 1860; Jerdon, B. Ind.,
vol. ii, p. 375,1868; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 888; Godwin-Austen, Joum. As. Soc.,
Bengal, 1874, p.- 171; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1848, p. 58; Hume,
Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 224; Taczanowski, Joum. fur Omith., Bd. xxiv, .1876, p. 198.
Emberiza lesbia, Gould, B. Eur., vol. iii, pl. 178, 1837.
Euspiza fucata, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 129, 1849; Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xxiii, p. 215, 1854; Horsf. & Moore, .Cat. B. Mus, E. Ind. Co., vol. ii; p. 488, 1854;
Blyth & Walden, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, extra No., p. 95.
Hypocentor fucatus, Cab., Mus. Hein., Bd. i, p. 181, note, 1850;
Onychospina fucata, Bp., C. R., vol. xxxvii, 1853, p. 919; Rev. Mag. Zool., 1857., vol. ix, p. 162.
Citrinella fucata, Gray, Handl. B., vol. ii, p. 118, 1870; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 157 ; id.,
Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 465, 1878.
a. b. S Momien, 3rd June 1868.
In small flocks by the hedgerows, on the grassy hill sides; not common.
63. E m b e r i z a p u s i l l a , Pallas.
Emberiza pusilla, Pall., Reis. Russ. Reichs., p. 697, 1778; Gray, Gen. B., vol. ii, p. 377, 1844;
Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 180, 1849 ; Bonap. Consp., t. i, pi 464, 1850 ;