522 Mr. H. F. Witlierl)y— Ornithological 



on April 17th, and a nest in a garden at Shiraz (5200 ft.) 

 contained the first egg on May 12th. 



J 6. Petronia flavicollis (Franklin). 



Gymnoris flavicollis (Franklin) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 256. 



Passer flavicollis (Franklin); Sharpe, Ibis, 1880, pp. 486 

 & 497. 



79, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440. Ad. 



It may be remarked that some females have no chestnut- 

 brown on the wing-coverts. 



One specimen of the Yellow-throated Sparrow was obtained 

 in the oak-woods near Kaluni (4400 ft.) on April 3rd, but 

 the bird was not met with again until June 11th, when I 

 found it common in a small willow-jungle near Basht 

 (4100 ft.). At the latter place I heard one singing a long 

 and laboured song, which consisted of an endless succession 

 of warbling chirps. 



17. Petronia stulta (Scop.). 



Petronia stulta (Scop.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 255. 



366, 373. Ad. ; 333. Juv. 



This Rock-Sparrow was met with only in two localities, 

 both of them at considerable altitudes and of a rocky and 

 barren nature, viz., Shir River, near Ardakun (about 

 7000 ft.), and on the Gardan-i-Bijan, Kuh-i-Dinar (about 

 8000 ft.). 



18. Petronia brachydactyla Bp. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 255. 



191, 213, 218, 220. Ad. 



This Rock -Sparrow was only met with in more or less 

 open country, in which mimosa and other bushes grew. The 

 bird sits on the tops of the bushes and continually utters an 

 extraordinary and monotonous note, sounding like the word 

 " wheeze " very much prolonged. The specimens which I 

 procured were all males, and I think that the females must 

 have been incubating, both near Naksh-i-Bahram (3300 ft.) 

 on April 20th and near Shul (6800 ft.) on April 26th. 



