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FRINGILLID-S:. 



Orn. Griechenl. p. 44 (1844) ; Schl. Rev. Crtt. p. Ixiv (1844) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 119 (1849) ; Jaub. et Barth.- 

 Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 129 (1859) ; Linderm. Vog. Griechenl. 

 p. 58 (1860); Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 293; Sperling, Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 381 ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 42 ; Tristr. t. c. p. 369 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 16 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. tab. 20. fig. 20 (c. 1870) ; Dohrn, 

 J. f. O. 1871, p. 6 ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Hume, 

 Str. F. 1873, p. 114 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 239 ; Blanf. East. 

 Pers. ii. p. 255 (1876) ; Bogd. B. Cauc. p. 60 (1879) ; Seebohm, 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 9. 

 Passer hispaniolensis, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 78 (1845) ; Degl. et 

 Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 244 (1867) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1869, p. 173 ; 

 Elwes Sf Buckley, Ibis, 1870, p. 192 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 593, 

 pi. 177 (1876) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind etc. p. 46 (1879) ; Biddulph, 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 79; Sadly, t. c. p. 573 ; C. Sioinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 113; 

 Dixon, t. c. p. 574 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 210 (1882) ; Tristr. 

 Faun. $ Flor. Palest, p. 67 (1884) ; Giglioli, Avif. Ital. p. 24 

 (1886). _ 

 Passer salicicolus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 509 (1850) ; Cab. Mm. Hein. 

 Th. i. p. 155 (1850) ; Horsf. fy Moore, Cat. B. E. I. Co. Mus. ii. 

 p. 501 (1856) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 33 ; E. C. Taylor, t. c. p. 48 ; 

 Salrin, t. c. p. 314 ; Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 364 (1863) ; Wright, Pbis, 

 1863, p. 436 ; Adams, Pbis, 1864, p. 22 ; Wright, t. c. p. 51 ; Allen, 

 t. c. p. 239 ; Lilford, Ibis, 1866, p. 182 ; Keulem. N. T. Dierk. 

 8vo, iii. p. 370 (1866); Loche, Expl. Set. Alger, i. p. 134 (1867); 

 Chambers, Ibis, 1867, p. 99 ; Doderl. Avif. Sicil. p. 74 (1869) ; 

 Wright, Ibis, 1869, p. 251 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 630 

 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 86, no. 7260 (1870) ; Hume, Bis, 

 1870, p. 529; Salvad. Faun. Ital., f/cc. p. 148 (1871); Saunders, 

 Ibis, 1871, p. 218 ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 69 (1871) ; Godman, 

 Ibis, 1872, p. 210 ; Shelley, D. Egypt, p. 149 (1872) ; Brooke, Ibis, 

 1873, p. 246 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 209 ; Adam, t c. p. 387 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 219 ; Lilford, Ibis, 1875, p. 17 ; Sadly, 

 Str. F. 1876, p. 164 ; Danf. Ibis, 1878, p. 22 ; Taylor, t. c. p. 371 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 107 ; Wardlaio Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 64 ; 

 Chapm. Ibis, 1884, p. 77; Murray, Vertebr. Faun. Sind, p. 183 

 (1884) ; Rochebr. Faun. Seneg., Ois. p. 258 (1885) ; Salvad. Elench. 

 Ucc. Ital. p. 168 (1887). 

 Passer rueppelli, Bp. Consp. i. p. 510 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 86, no. 7273 (1870). 

 Pyrgita eahirinus, Heugl., teste Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 630 

 (1870). 



Adult mede in breeding-plumage. General colour above black, 

 streaked witb creamy-white edges to the feathers ; rump ashy 

 brown ; scapulars like the back ; lesser wing-coverts chestnut ; 

 median coverts white, forming a broad wing-bar; greater coverts 

 blackish, externally rufous ; bastard-wing blackish ; primary-coverts 

 blackish, edged with ashy brown ; quills blackish brown, edged with 

 pale rufous, the primaries with ashy brown, inclining to white to- 

 wards the ends, and having a small speculum caused by the whitish 

 edges to the base of the primaries ; upper tail-coverts dusky brown, 

 with ashy-brown margins ; tail-feathers dusky brown, margined 

 with ashy fulvous ; crown of head deep chestnut, extending on 

 to the hind neck ; lores and eyelid blackish, surmounted by a 



