510 FRINGILUDjB. 



Tiraud, Bull. Com. Agric. Cochin Chine (3), p. 132 (1879) ; Finsch, 

 Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxix. p. 217 (1879) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1880, p. 188, 

 1882, p. 379 ; Blakist. fy Fryer, B. Japan, p. 170 (1882) ; Homeyer 

 fy Tancre, MT. urn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 90; Oates, B. Brit. 

 Barm. i. p. 355 (1883) ; Seeb. Ibis, 1884, p. 266; Blakist. Amend. 

 List B. Japan, pp. 17, 61 (1884). 



Yellow-breasted Banting, Lath, Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 201 (1783). 



Passerina aureola, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxv. p. 6 (1817J. 



Passerina collaris, Vieill. t. e. p. 6 (1817). 



Mirafra flavicollis, McClell. F. Z. 8. 1839, p. 163; Gray, Gen. B. ii. 

 p. 376 (1844). 



Emberiza dolicbonia, Bp. Atti della sett, Adun. Sci. Ital. 1845, 

 p. 715 (teste Salvad.). 



Emberiza selysii, Verany, Atti de Congres Scienl. Ital. Napoli, 1848 

 (teste Salvad.). 



Euspiza aureola, Bp. Comp. List B. Ear. § N. Amer. p. 36 (1838) ; 

 Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 376 (1844); id. Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. 

 Hodgs. p. 108 (1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 3Ius. As. Soc. p. 129 (1849) ; 

 Bp. Cvnsp. i. p. 468 (1850) ; Horsf. # Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 

 Mus. ii. p. 487 (1856) ; Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 62, 1861, pp. 45, 334 ; 

 Jerd, B. hid. ii. p. 380 (1863) ; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 43; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 112, no. 7678 (1870) ; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 387 ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Dyboivski, J.f. O. 

 1873, p. 90; Hume, Str. F. 1874, pp. 258, 481 ; Oates, Str. F. 

 1875, p. 159; Blyth fy Wald. B. Burnt, p. 94 (1875); Godwin- 

 Aust.J.A. S. Beng. xlv. p. 83 (1876) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 

 i. p. 178 (1876), iii. p. 137 (1878) ; Hume $ Davison, Str. F. 1878, 

 p. 409 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, pp. 67, 107 ; Scully, t. c. p. 334 ; 

 Bingham, Str. F. 1880, p. 193 ; Bolau, J.f. O. 1880, p. 127, 1881, 

 p. 59 ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vii. p. 393 (1882) ; Stejneger, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, p. 71; Giglioli, Avif. Ital. p. 46 

 (1885) ; Salvad. Elench, Ucc. Ital. p. 162 (1887). 



Euspiza flavogularis, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xviii. pp. 86, 811 (1849) ; 

 id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 129 (1849) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 468 

 (1850). 



Hypocentor aureolus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 131 (1850) ; Stejneger, 

 Bull, U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 29, p. 244 (1885). 



Euspiza flavocollaris, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 112, no. 7679 (1870). 



Adult male in breeding-plumage, General colour above deep 

 maroon, with blackish centres to the feathers of the mantle and 

 back, and more or less indications of sandy margins (remains of 

 winter plumage) ; least wing-coverts like the back, but washed with 

 ashy ; median series white, forming a wing-patch ; greater coverts 

 maroon, with blackish bases and broad white tips, forming a bar : 

 bastard-wing and primary -coverts dusky brown, externally edged 

 with Whitish ; quills brown, edged with ashy rufous, the inner 

 secondaries maroon, with whitish margins, the primaries edged with 

 yellowish white ; upper tail-coverts brown, washed with maroon 

 and edged with ashy; tail-feathers brown, edged with ashy brown, 

 the outer feathers obliquely white, brown along the outer web 

 and at the tip, with an oblique brown mark along the inner web ; 

 the white mark present but reduced in size on the penultimate 

 feather; head uniform maroon ; a broad frontal band, eyebrow, 

 sides of face, ear-coverts, and upper throat black ; lower throat 



