198 



Petronia superciliaris, Blyih. 



Petronia petronella, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 297 (1888) ; Stark, 



Fauna S. Afr., Birds, i. p. ]57 (1900). 

 Petronia flavigula, Shelley, Birds Afr. iii. p. 265 (1902). 

 Petronia superciliaris, Reichenow, Vog. Afr. iii. p. 244 (1904) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. v. p. 244 (1909). 



An egg believed to be that of the Southern Kock-Sparrow is of a 

 regular oval shape and very glossy. It has the ground-colour 

 yellowish-white, heavily blotched and clouded all over with umber- 

 brown, and measures *82 by *58. 



1. South Africa, Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GYMNORHIS, Blyih'. 

 Gymnorhis flavicollis (Frankl.). 



Passer flavicollis, Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 605 (1879) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 



p. 105. 

 Petronia flavicollis, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xii. p. 293 (1888) [part.] ; 



Dresser, Man. Pal. Birds, pt. i. p. 297 (1902) [part.]. 

 Gymnorhis flavicollis, Oates, Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, ii. p. 235 (1890) ; 



id,, ed. Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. Birds, ii. p. 157 (1890) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l v. p. 244 (1909). 

 Gymnoris flavicollis flavicollis, Hartert, Vog. Pal. Faun. pt. ii. p. 145 



(1904). 



The eggs of the Yellow-throated Sparrow vary in shape from 

 a broad to a narrow oval and are moderately glossy. They are 

 greenish-white, marked with streaks and blotches of dark umber- 

 brown, chocolate-brown, purplish-grey, and dull lilac. In some 

 eggs the markings are so dense as to entirely conceal the ground- 

 colour, in others but little of this latter is visible, and in others 

 again the markings are comparatively sparse and well defined, 

 leaving about half the ground-colour visible. Numerous specimens 

 measure from '66 to "8 in length, and from *5 to *58 in breadth. 



1. India. Hume Coll. 



2. Hissar, Punjab. Hume Coll. 



1. Hansi, Punjab, 15th April. Hume Coll. 



2. Bareilly, N.W. Prov., 12th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bareilly, 16th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Bareilly, 17th May. Hume Coll. 

 1. Etawah, N.W.Prov., llth April. Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 15th April ( W. E. Brooks : Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



19. Raipur, Central Provs. Hume Coll. 



1. Manbhum, Bengal (R. C. Beavan: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram Coll.). 



2. Berachalee, Bengal, 5th April Crowley Bequest. 



(R. C. B. : Tristram Coll'). 



