52 PICO-PASSERES. 



Acanthis linaria. 



Hah. Northern Eiu'ope, across Siberia to North America. 



222. Skull of female. The Alps. Purchased. 



Geuus BYCANETES. 

 Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 164 (1850). 



Bycanetes githaginea. 



Fringilla githcKjmca, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 24 (1823). 

 Erythrospiza githaginea (Licht.), Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 



p. 284 (1888). 



The Trumpeter Bullfinch. 



Hah. The countries south of the Mediterranean, eastwards to 

 Persia and N.W. India. 



223. Natural skeleton of male. From Algeria. 



Presented hy Mr. J. Abrahams. 



Genus PETRONIA. 

 Kaup, Natiirl. Syst. p. 158 (1829). 



Petronia dentata. 



Xantlwdira dentata, Sundevall, (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fiirh. Stockh. 



1850, p. ]27. 

 Petronia dentata (Sundev.), Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 295 



(1888). 



The Abyssinian Eock-Sparrow. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa. 



224. Natural skeleton of male. From the Zoological Society, 



Genus PASSER. 

 Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 71 (1760). 



Passer domesticus. 



Fringilla domestica, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 323 (1766). 

 Passer domesticus, Pallas, Zoogr. Ivosso-Asiat. ii. p. 29 (1811) ; 

 Sbarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 307 (1888). 



