PETROXIA. 197 



Petronia puteicola, Festa. 



Petronia stulta, Tristram (nee Gmel.), Ibis, 1868, p. 204. 



Petronia petronia puteicola, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 144 (1904V 



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. 



(H. ~B. Tristram). 



o. Bethany, 22nd April (H. B. T.). Canon Tristram [0.]. 



4. Bethany, 23rd April (H. B. T.). E. Cavendish Taylor Bequest. 



Petronia maderensis, Erlanger. 

 (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Petronia petronia madeirensis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 141 



(1904). 

 Petronia maderensis, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. 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. 



5. Porto Santo Is., Madeira, 12th April W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(Padre E. Schmitz). [P.]. 



6. Porto Santo Is., 24th April (E. S.}. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 6. Porto Santo Is., 1st June (E. S.}. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq 



4. Tenerife, Canary Islands, llth April W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



(R. Gomez). [P.]. 



4. Tenerife, March (R. G.). Crowley Bequest. 



Petronia dentata (Sundev.). 



Petronia dentata, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 295 (1888); Shelley, 

 Birds Afr. hi. 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 eoloured. 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. 



Laid in captivity. Dr. A. G. Butler [P.]. 



