PETRONIA. 197 
Petronia puteicola, Festa. 
Petronia stulta, Tristram (nec Gimel.), Ibis, 1868, p. 204. 
Petronia petronia puteicola, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 144 (1904). 
Petronia puteicola, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 243 (1909), 
Eggs of the Palestine Rock-Sparrow are of a broad oval shape 
and very glossy. They are dull white, densely marked all over 
with purplish-brown and purplish-grey. In some the markings 
take the form of blotches and spots, while in others they are very 
fine and evenly distributed over the entire shell. ‘The eggs vary 
from °8 to °86 in length, and from ‘6 to 64 in breadth. 
4, Bethany, Palestine, 22nd April Salvin-Godman Coll. 
(HI. B. Tristram). 
5. Bethany, 22nd April (ZZ. B. T.). Canon Tristram [C. ]. 
4. Bethany, 23rd April (Hl. B. T.). E. Cavendish Taylor Bequest. 
Petronia maderensis, Hrlanger. 
(Plate X. fig. 4.) 
Petronia petronia madeirensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 141 
(1904). 
Petronia maderensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. y. p. 243 (1909). 
Eggs of the Madeira Rock-Sparrow are generally of a rather long 
oval shape and very glossy. They vary considerably in markings, 
and exactly resemble some of the commoner types of eggs laid by 
Passer domesticus. In all of them the ground-colour is white; the 
markings vary from a warm brown to purplish-grey, and either 
cover the entire shell, or are most numerous and heavy towards the 
larger end. The eggs range from ‘79 to *92 in length, and from 
*6 to ‘62 in breadth, 
Porto Santo Is., Madeira, 12th April W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(Padre E. Schmitz). Pale 
Porto Santo Is., 24th April (Z. S.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
5 
6 
[P.]. 
6. Porto Santo Is., lst June (£. S.). W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 
alk 
4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, 11th April W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 
(R. Gomez). HEAIB 
4, Tenerife, March (R. G.). Crowley Bequest. 
Petronia dentata (Sundev.). 
Petronia dentata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 295 (1888); Shelley, 
Birds Afr. iii. p. 261 (1902) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 244 (1909). 
The only egg of the Lesser Rock-Sparrow in the Collection was 
laid in captivity and is, no doubt, abnormally coloured. It is of a 
regular oval shape and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is pale 
greenish-white, heavily capped at the larger end with sooty black, 
It measures *72 by ‘53. 
1, Laid in captivity. Dr. A. G. Butler [P.]. 
