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and somewhat greyer towards the nape ; rump pale brown, more decidedly 

 tinged with rosy ; the visible portion of upper tail coverts rosy white, more 

 strongly tinged with rosy at the margins, the centres and bases of the longest 

 being pale brown ; these, however, are not seen till the feathers are lifted ; tail 

 feathers dark brown, conspicuously, though narrowly, margined with rosy 

 white, most rosy towards the bases of the lateral feathers ; the wings hair- 

 brown, conspicuously margined and tipped with pale rose colour, or rosy 

 white ; the coverts, secondaries, and tertiaries most broadly so. There is a very 

 narrow, inconspicuous, pale rosy frontal band. The wing lining and axillaries 

 are pure white ; the winglet alone is dark brown, unmargined with rosy. 



'* The female has the whole upper surface and the sides of the head and 

 body a dull pale earthy brown, with only a faint rosy tinge upon the rump and 

 upper tail coverts ; the lower parts a still paler earthy brown with the faintest 

 possible roseate tinge on the breast and becoming albescent on the vent, lower 

 tail covert and tibial plumes ; the wings and tail are as in the male ; but the 

 margins are narrower and less conspicuous, and are pale brownish instead of 

 rosy white. 



" Both Sexes. Bill at front 0*35 to 0-41 ; tarsus 0-67 to 077. The irides 

 are brown ; the legs and feet fleshy brown ; claws dusky ; soles whitish ; the 

 bill orange yellow, in some probably less mature, pale yellow, brownish on 

 upper mandible. 



" Male, Length. $"j to 6 inches; expanse 10 to 10*7 ; tail from vent 2'i to 

 3 ; wing 3*3 to 3*6; wing, when closed, reach to within 0'7 of end of tail. 



Female, Length. 57 to 5'S inches ; expanse 10-5 to iri ; tail from vent 

 r8 to 2 ; wings 3*2 to 3*4; wings, when closed, reach to within 0*6 to 0*8 of 

 end of tail." (Hume, Str. F. vi. 210, 211.) 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, Kutch, and Jodhpore, (Quetta) Beloochistan, Persia 

 and Afghanistan. Winters in India ; breeds in Persia and Afghanistan. 



Erythrospizamongolica, a species found in Gilgit and Southern Afghanistan, 

 may be probably found in the Himalayas, or to range through Beloochistan 

 into Upper Sind. 



Gen. Petronia. Kaup. 



General characters of Erythrospiza ; nostrils exposed. 



830. Petronia fiaviCOlliSJ (Frank!.), Blyth, Cat. B. Br. Mus. As. 

 Soc. p. 120 ; Irby, Ibis, 1861, p. 231 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xii. p. 293. 

 Fringilla flavicollis, Frankl., P. Z. S. 1831, p. 20. Gymnoris flavicollis, 

 Blyth, y.A. S. B. xiii. p. 948 ; Adam, Str. F. 1873, p. 388 ; Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 461 ; Ball., Str. F. 1874, p. 421 ; Blan/., East. Pers. \\. 

 p. 256; id. Str. F. 1877, p. 249; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 72 ; Reid, Str. F. 

 1881, p. 56. Passer flavicollis, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 368; Butler, Str. F. 

 l8 75, P. 497 ; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 184 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 486. 

 The YELLOW-THROATED SPARROW, 



