37. PETRONIA. 289 



b'". Lesser wing-coverts brown; no 

 white wing-band on the median 



wing-coverts pyrgita <5 $ , p. 296. 



d". Back uniform brown ; head dark ashy 



grey ; eyebrow rufous, very broad . . dentata rf $ , p. 295. 

 e". Back broadly streaked with black 

 centres to the feathers ; a broad 



whitish eyebrow petronella $ 2 , p. 297. 



d'. No yellow spot on the fore neck. 

 /". Lesser wing-coverts chestnut ; other 



coverts broadly tipped with white. . Jlavicollis $, p. 294. 

 g". All wing-coverts brown with narrow 



whitish tips dentata juv., p. 296. 



1. Petronia petroiila. 



Le Moineau fou, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 87 (1760). 



Le Moineau de bois, Briss. t. c. p. 88 (1760). 



Le Moineau de Bologne, Briss. t. c. p. 91 ( 1760). 



Frintrilla petronia, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 322 (1766) ; Temm. Man. 



d'Orn. i. p. 348 (1820); Rou.v, Orn. Prov. pi. 79 (1825); Naum. 



Vog. Deutschl. iv. pi. 116. figs. 3, 4 (1826) ; Werner, Atlas, Grani- 



vores, pi. 56 (1827); Menstr. Cat. rais. Cauc. p. 42 (1832); 



Crespon, Orn. Gard, p. 243 (1840) ; Keys. u. Bias. Wirb. Eur. 



p. xlii (1840) ; Nordm. in Deinid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 181 



(1840); Se/ys-Longch. Faune Beige, p. 75 (1842): Miihle, Orn. 



Griechenl. p. 47 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 372 (1849) ; Linderm. 



Vog. Griechenl. p. 62 (1860) ; Schl. Die/: Nederl, Vog. pi. 16. 



fig. 4 (18' >0); Radde, Beis. Sibir., Vog. p. 191 (1863); Borggr. 



Vogelf. Norddeutschl. p. 76 (1869); Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. So, 



no. 7243 (1870) ; Fallon, Ois. Belg.Tp.78 (1875). 

 La Soulcie, Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 498 (1775). 

 Le Moineau des bois ou Soulcie, Daubent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 225 (fag. 



pess.). 

 Ring Sparrow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 254 (1783). 

 Foolish Sparrow, Lath. t. c. p. 255 (1783). 

 Speckled Sparrow, Lath. t. c. p. 255 (1783). 

 White-tailed Sparrow, Lath. t. c. p. 256 (1783). 

 Fringilla stulta, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 919 (1788). 

 Fringiila bononiensis, Gm. t. c. p. 919 (1788). 

 Fringilla leucura, Gm. t. c. p. 919 (1788). 

 Passer petronia, Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. p. 220 (1816) ; Schl. Rev. 



Crit. p. 65 (1844) ; id. Vog. Nederl. pi. 163 (1854) ; Wright, Lbis, 



1864, pp. 53, 292 ; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Fur. i. p. 247 (1867) ; 



Smith, Lbis, 1868, p. 445 ; Boded. Avif. Sicil. p. 75 (1869) ; Wright, 



Lbis, 1870, p. 489; David, Nouv. Arch. Mas. vii. Ball. p. 10 (1871); 



Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 240. 

 Coccothraustes petronia, Cuv. Begn.Anim. i. p. 413 (1829). 

 Petronia petronia, Kaup, Natilrl. Syst. p. 158 (1829) ; Licht. Nomencl. 



Av. Berol. p. 47 (1854). 

 Pyrgita petronia, Brehm, Voy. Deutschl. p. 263 (1831) ; Gould, B. 



Fur. iii. pi. 186 (1837) : Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 385 ; Saunders, 



Lbis, 1871, p. 218; F. Godman, lbis, 1872, p. 210; Lilford, Ibis, 



1873, p. 72 ; Brooke, t. c. p. 246 ; Wharton, Ibis, 1876, p. 25 ; 



Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 288 (1877) ; David § Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 339 (1878) ; Bogd. B. Cauc. p. 61 (1879); Radde, Orn. 



Cauc. p. 178 (1884). 



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