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Don't have access to the journal myself, but from the summary it appears to have been a pylon in Aidarly, Kazakhstan.
Amazing. I'll find the summary and cite it.
Can't find the summary.
All that's in Zool. Rec. is:
Organism
CONTROLLED TERM
Modifier
Passer ammodendri
Breeding site
Unusual nesting site
Man made habitat
Pylon
Kazakhstan
Aidarly
But it's a very obscure source, and trivial fact.
Ucucha 20:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I think I might add it. I forgot you said "pylon"—thought it was wires as with other sparrows, which would be amazing. This may be worth noting, though. —
innotata 20:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
A book I can't get. —
innotata 19:52, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Me neither. Probably doesn't cover more than what is already in other secondary sources.
Ucucha 20:02, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Title: [The sparrow Passer ammodendri.]
Der Saxaulsperling Passer ammodendri.
Author(s): Stahl, Jurgen
Source: Gefiederte Welt Volume: 119 Issue: 12 Page(s): 406-408 Published: Dezember 1995
Can't find this at the Gefiederte Welt website.
Zool. Rec. says it gives "Distribution and biological notes". The journal doesn't seem to be available here.
Ucucha 20:14, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Title: Some variants of untypical nesting of birds in the Gobi.
Author(s): Mikhaylov, K.E.
Source: Modern ornithology 1991. Page(s): 268-270 Published: 1992
Also has something about P. montanus.
Can't find this.
It's a chapter in a book in Russian.
Title: Le moineau domestique et ses cousins du genre 'Passer'. Chapitre 5. Breve nomenclature du genre Passer. Leur synonymie scientifique, francaise, anglaise, allemande et neerlandaise.
Author(s): Ruelle, Marcel
Source: Journal des Oiseaux Volume: 256 Page(s): 42-44 Published: Mai 1992
Apparently reviewed Saxual's subspecies.
Then I won't look for it given that I know no French! Summers-Smith's classification is pretty definite. —
innotata 20:00, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I do. The website isn't working now, so I'll check later.
Is there a website?
Yes, and it may have these papers. Otherwise it'll be hard to get these.
Where? I'd be interested in that too—the Russians have described rice rats in that paper, after all.
Ucucha 20:37, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I can find abstracts of recent issues in English (like
this, but it may be that the connection to the journal page is still down. —
innotata 20:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Don't think there is full text around there. I can e-mail you the abstracts from the Zoological Record, though.
Ucucha 20:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I got the impression they had them. Can you send them, though? —
innotata 21:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
Title: On biology of the saxaul sparrow (Passer ammodendri nigricans).
I don't think this is available online, and it is one of the main sources used by Summers-Smith on reproduction, so everything of much note is already there.
Title: Comparative morphology of the intestine relief in representatives of the genus Passer in desert.
Unsurprisingly not online. —
innotata 20:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
& unlikely to add much.
Ucucha 20:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
And a few very old sources. I believe all the Russian sources in the Zoologicheskii Zhurnal are also translated into the "Zoological Journal"
Ucucha 19:40, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
The old sources could be the same books in other languages listed in Summers-Smith. —
innotata 21:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I am passing this as a GA now. I don't see any obvious deficiencies to prevent it from becoming an FA, except that there are a few sources you should have a look at, and perhaps someone should look over the prose.
Ucucha 22:43, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
That was a quick review; I'm surprised you think this could be an FA. I'll try to improve the text (especially the lead) further, but I don't think it is sensible to expect contributors to find any more sources for a species like this. I've asked Sabine's Sunbird if he can look at or send me the portion of The Handbook of the Birds of the World on this species, and if that is cited I'll send this to FAC as a fully complete article. —
innotata 22:50, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
It's longer than some current faunal FAs, at least. The Mongolia source and some others might still be useful, and are easy to come by.
Ucucha 22:58, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply
I think I've looked through all the sources that are easy to come by for me. If this can be an FA, I think I can get three-quarters of the Passer species FAs. —
innotata 23:06, 5 April 2010 (UTC)reply