FRINGILLIDiE. 
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1029. Passer diffusus. 
Pyrgita diffusa , Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. App. p. 50. 
Passer diffusus, Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 204. 
a {Manchester Nat Hist. Soc.) 1843. 
A Soutli-African species. 
1030. Passer swainsoni. 
Pyrgita swainsoni , Rupp. Neue Wirb. p. 94, pi. 33, f. 2. 
Passer swainsoni , Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 269. 
Passer simplex , Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 ( nec Licht.). 
a £ Kordofan, 18 July (/. Petherick ) 1848. — b f Kordofan 
17 March (J. Petherick) 1848. 
Strickland considered P. swainsoni to be identical with P. simplex , 
Licht ( Corospiza simplex , Bp.). It is, however, a very distinct species. 
Petronia. 
Petronia, Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. p. 158 (1829). 
1031. Petronia stulta. 
Fringilla stulta, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 322. 
Petronia stidta, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. viii. p. 374. 
a $ Morea, May (H. E. Strickland) 1836. — b Tuscany ( C . 
Passer ini) 1836. 
COCCOTHRAUSTES. 
Coccothraustes, Brisson, Orn. iii. p. 218 (1760). 
1032. Coccothraustes vulgaris. 
Loxia coccothraustes, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 299. 
Coccothraustes vulgaris, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. ii. p. 98. 
a f Worcestershire, January (H. E. Strickland) 1833. — b 
Britain (IT. Kirtland) 1847. 
"1033. Coccothraustes vespertinus. 
Fringilla vespertina , Cooper, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. i. p. 220. 
Coccothraustes vespertinus, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 123. 
Hesperiphona vespertina, Baird, Brew. & Ridgw. N. Am. B. 
i. p. 449. 
a, — b Mexico {T. Mann ) 1844. 
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