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CATALOGUE. 
Fringilla jngularis, LicJitenstein. 
G-ymnoris fla\'irostris, Hod(/s., Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), 
p. 84. 
Eringilla stulta, Ind. var., Lath., Hist, of Birds, YI. p. 55. 
The Yellow-necked or Jungle Sparrow, Jerdon. 
Eaji, Hind., Jerdon, vulgo. 
JuxGLi Chahia (i. e. Jungle Sparrow), Jerdon. 
Mahaeoi, Hills, F. {B.) Hamilton, MSS. II. p. 115. 
a. Sahamnpore. From Dr. Falconer's Collection. 
B. Bengal. Presented by Rev. F. W. Hope. 
c. d. Midnapore. From the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
E. Midnapore. Presented by Captain R. C. Tytler. 
/ Drawing. From Heyne's Collection. 
Mr. Blyth remarks, " During an excursion to the Midnapore 
jungles, I observed, in lieu of the common sparrow, the Basser flavi- 
collis, with precisely the same note and manners : it abounded upon 
the trees even near buildings, but without ever resorting to the 
latter."— (Blyth.) 
" Found all over the Peninsula, wherever there are abundance of 
trees ; but it is not common anywhere, even in the well-wooded 
region of the west coast, where it is more plentiful than in any other 
part of the Peninsula. It frequents thin jungle, groves of trees, 
avenues, &c. ; lives in small flocks, and has almost exactly the same 
chirping note as the common sparrow. It feeds on various seeds, 
grains, and flower-buds. It is said to breed in holes of trees. 
Mr. Elliott says, ' also breeds in old pots, and on house-tops.' 
The egg is of a greenish-white, much streaked and blotched with 
purple-brown." — (Jerdon.) 
Genus Pyrgitopsis, Bonap., C. G. A v. p. 510 (1851). 
760. PYRGITOPSIS SIMPLEX, Swainson Sp. 
Pyrgita simplex, Swainson, Birds of W. Afr. p. 208 (nec. 
LicTit.). Gordon, Jard's Contr. to Orn. (1849), p. 10. 
Passer simplex, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, II. p. 373. 
Cabanis, Cat. B. Mus. Heine, p. 156. 
Pyrgita Swainsoni, Biippell, Faun. Abyss, p. 94, t. 83, 
/ 2 ; Syst. Uebers.p. 78. 
Passer (Pyrgitopsis) Swainsoni, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 510. 
