FRINGILLID.E. 215 



1050. Chrysomitris spinoides. 



Carduelis spinoides, Vig. P. Z. S. 1831 2, p. 44. 

 Chrysomitris spinoides, Jerd. B. Ind, ii. p. 409. 

 a, b Nepal (B. H. Hodgson 442, 443) 1845. c f Kumaon 

 (W. J. E. Boys) 1847. d f N. India (W. J. E. Boys) 1848. 



SERINUS. 1 



Serinus, Koch. Syst. d. Baierisch. Zool. i. p. 228 (1816). 



1051. Serinus hortulanus. 



Fnngilla serinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 320 : Strickl. P. Z. S. 

 1836, p. 100. 



Serinus hortulanus, Koch, 1. s. c., p. 229 : Dresser, B. Eur. 



Serinus meridionalis, Brehm. Vog. Deutschl. p. 255. 



a Florence, November (C. Passerini) 1834. b f Smyrna, 

 19 November (H. E. Strickland) 1835. 



1052. Serinus pusillus. 



Passer pusillus, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. ii. p. 28, pi. 43. 



Serinus pusillus, Dresser, B. Eur. 



Metoponia pusilla, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 410. 



a $ W. Siberia (J. F. Brandt) 1846. b N. India (Mather). 



SYCALIS. 

 Sicalis, Boie, Isis, 1828, p. 324 (partim). 



1053. Sycalis flaveola. 



Fringilla flaveola, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 321. 



Sycalis flaveola, Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 41. 



a Brazil (G. Lloyd) 1838. b (N. C. Strickland) 1838. c 

 S. America (Askew) 1838. d S. America (Bt. at Birmingham) 

 1843. 



1054. Sycalis pelzelni. 



Sycalis pelzelni, Scl. Ibis, 1872, p. 42. 

 a (N. C. Strickland) 1838. 



A female agreeing best with female examples of this species, an 

 inhabitant of South Brazil, Paraguay and the Argentine Republic. 



1 According to Strickland (Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 374), this genus should 

 stand near Crithayra. 



