55. FRINGILLARIA. 563 



u-t'.<3; «'-».$ ad.; Ajmere, Nov. 1869 (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



£. c? irum. sk. 

 o. c? ad. sk. Ajmere, Dec. 1, 1869 {A. O. Hume Coll. 



H.). 

 it, p. c? ad. sk. Taragurh Hill, Ajuiere, Hume Coll. 



March 1868 (A. O. H.). 

 a: $ ad. sk. Jodlipur, 1870 (A, O. H.). Hume Coll. 



t. j ad. sk. Kaiolee, 0ode7pore, Feb. 14, Hume Coll. 



1878 {A. O.'H.). 

 v. 3 ad. sk. Aligurh, Nov. 30, 1877 (A. Hume Coll. 



Anderson). 

 <j). tf ad. ; x, $• Etawah, Apiil 1, 1869. Hume Cull. 



$ ad. sk. 

 a>. $ ad. sk. Saugor, Central Provinces, Hume Coll. 



July 10, 1869. 



4. Fringillaria saharae. 



Fringillaria Sahara?, Tristr. Ibis, 1859, p. 295 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. 



p. 115, uo. 7718 (1870) ; Gurney,jun., Ibis, 1871, p. 291. 

 Emberiza saharae, Dixon, Ibis, 1882, p. 573. 



Adult male in breeding-plumage. General colour above uniform 

 sandy rufous, with faintly indicated dusky centres to the scapulars ; 

 wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, quills, 

 and tail-feathers light brown, edged with sandy rufous ; head dif- 

 ferent from the back, ashy grey, slightly tinged with brown and 

 streaked with black ; a narrow superciliary line of greyish white ; 

 lores dusky ; feathers below the eye greyish white ; ear-coverts dull 

 ashy, streaked with whitish shaft-lines ; cheeks greyish white, 

 forming a band ; throat and chest ashy grey, with hoary white 

 edgings to the feathers, the chest mottled with mesial spots of black; 

 breast sandy rufous, slightly deeper on the thighs and under tail- 

 coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast ; quills 

 pale dusky below, sandy rufous along the inner webs. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2 - 9, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-65. (AIus. H. 

 Seebohm.) 



Young in winter plumage. Sandy rufous like the adults, but 

 with dusky centres to the feathers, a little plainer than in the adults; 

 head and throat a little lighter and more ashy isabelline than the 

 back, but not grey, and with scarcely any indications of dusky 

 streaks. 



Hab. Algerian Sahara and Morocco. 



a. Jun. hiem. sk. Sahara. Capt. Loche [C.]. 



b. S ad. sk. El K.antara, Algeria, H. J. Ehves, Esq. [P.], 



May 8, 1882. 



c. Ad. sk. Morocco. Gould Collection. 



d. Var. sk. [Algeria.] Zoological Society. 



5. Fringillaria impetuani. 



Emberiza irupetuaui, Smith, Rep. 8. Afr. Kvped., App. p. 48 (1836). 

 Fringillaria anthoides, Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 290 (1837) ; id. An. 

 in Menag. p. 316 (1837) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii, p. 378 (1844). 



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