FRINGILLHLE. 211 



1029. Passer diffusus. 



Pyrgita diffusa, Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. App. p. 50. 

 Passer diffusus, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 204. 

 a (Manchester Nat. Hist. Soc.) 1843. 

 A South-African species. 



1030. Passer swainsoni. 



Pyrgita swainsoni, Riipp. Neue Wirb. p. 94, pi. 33, f. 2. 



Passer swainsoni, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 269. 



Passer simplex, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 (nee Licht.). 



a $ Kordofan, 18 July (J. Petherick} 1848. I f Kordofan 

 17 March (/. Petherick) 1848. 



Strickland considered P. swainsoni to be identical with P. simplex, 

 Licht (Corospiza simplex, Bp.). It is, however, a very distinct species. 



PETRONIA. 

 Petronia, Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. p. 158 (1829). 



1031. Petronia stulta. 



Fringilla stulta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 322. 

 Petronia stulta, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 374. 

 a $ Morea, May (H. E. Strickland} 1836. b Tuscany (C. 

 Passerini) 1836. 



COCCOTHRAUSTES. 

 Coccothraustes, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 218 (1760). 



1032. Coccothraustes vulgaris. 



Loxia Coccothraustes, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 299. 

 Coccothraustes vulgaris, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 98. 

 a f Worcestershire, January (H. E. StricJdand) 1833. b 

 Britain (W. Kirtland) 1847. 



1033. Coccothraustes vespertinus. 



Fringilla vespertina, Cooper, Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. p. 220. 

 Coccothraustes vespertinus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 123. 

 Hesperiphona vespertina, Baird, Brew. & Ridgw. N. Am. B. 

 i. p. 449. 



a, b Mexico (T. Mann} 1844. 



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