74 PETROPHASSA. — PEZITES. 
albigularis Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 276. = Passer petronia Koch. 
brachydactyla Bünaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 513. = Passer br achy dacty lus, 
brachyrhynchus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 276. =; Passer petronia Koch. 
brevirostris Taczanowski , Journ. Ornith. 1874. XXII. 323. — Sibiria orient, 
dentata Gray, Handl. Birds II. 84. = Passer dentatus Sundev. 
flavicollis Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 880. = Passer flavicollis. 
macrorhynchus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 276. = Passer petronia Koch. 
petronella Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 513. = Passer petronella. 
petronia Gray, Handl. Birds II. 84. = Passer petronia Koch. 
rupestris Bonaparte, List Birds Eur. 1838. 80. = Passer petronia Koch. 
saxorum Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 276. = Passer petronia Koch. 
stulta Blyth, Journ. as. Soc. Bengal 1847. XVI. 880. = Passer petronia Koch. 
PETROPHASSA (Columbidae. — TCSTpa rupes, cpaaaa nom. propr.) Gould, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1840. VIII. 173. = Phaps Selb. 
Alae breves, rotundatae, baud metallicae; cauda rotundata; rectricibus 14. 
albipennis Gould, Birds Australia V. ïb. 71. = Phaps albipennis. 
PETROPHILA (Saxicolinae. — TCSTpa rupes, 91X20 amare) Swainson, Classif. 
Birds 1837. II. 232. ^ Orocetes Gray. 
Bill trusblike; tbe culmen and tip of tbe upper mandible gradually bent and 
entire. Wings and tail as in the Petrocincla. Legs pale; the anterior scales 
entire. Lateral toe unequal, the inner shortest. Claws moderate and fully 
curved. 
cinclorhyncha Jerdon, Madras Journ. X. 252. = Orocetes cinclorhynchus. 
cyanocephala Swainson, Classif. Birds II. 232. = Orocetes cinclorhynchus. 
erythrogaster Gray, Handl. Birds I. 261. = Turdus erythrogaster Vig. 
gularis Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871. 368. = Orocetes gularis Swinh. 
PEUCAEA ( Fringillidae. — tcsuxï) pinus) Audubon, Birds America (1839.) III. 
113. — Baird, Birds NAmerica 484. = Ammodromus Swains. 
Bill moderate. Upper outline and commissure decidely curved; gonys nearly 
straight. Legs and feet small; the tarsus about equal to the middle toe; the 
lateral toes equal, their claws falling considerably short of the middle one; the 
hind toe reaching about to the middle of the latter. The out stretched feet reach 
only to the middle of the tail. The wing is very short, reaching only to the 
base of the tail, the longest tertials do not exceed the secondaries, while both 
are not much short of the primaries; the outer three or four quills are graduated. 
The tail is considerably longer than the wings; it is much graduated laterally; 
the feathers, though long are peculiarly narrow, linear, and elliptically rounded at 
the ends. Color beneath plain whitish or brownish with a more or less distinct 
dusky line each side of the chin. Above with broad obsolete brown streaks or 
blotcher. Crown uniform or the feathers edged with lighter. Inner tail feathers 
with obsolete transverse dusky bars. 
aestivalis Cabanis, Mus. Heine. I. 132. = Ammodromus aestivalis Gray. 
Bachmanni Audubon, Birds America III. 113. — Ammodromus aestivalis Gray. 
Botteri Sclater, Catal. amer. Birds 116. = Zonotrichia Botteri Sclat. 
Boucardi Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868. 323. = Zonotrichia Boucardi Sclat. 
carpalis Coues, amer. Naturalist 1873. VII. 322. — Mexico, 
Cassini Baird, Birds NAmerica 485. = Ammodromus Cassini. 
Lincolni Bonaparte, Compt. rend. 1853. XXXVII. 921. = Zonotrichia 
Lincolni. 
notosticta Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868. 322. Ammodromus notostictus. 
quinquestriata Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868. 322. — Ammodromus quin- . 
questriatus. 
ruficeps Baird, Birds NAmerica 486. = Ammodromus ruficeps Cass. 
PEUDOLEISTES Sclater, Nomencl. Av. neotr. 37. =^ Pseudoleistes Sclat. 
PEZITES (Icteridae. — TreÇtTïjç pedes). — Cabanis, Mus. Heine. 1851. I. 191 
— 2 Specc. 
Synon.: SturneUa Swains. — Trupialis Bonap. 
