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Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a 
Family Fringillid^:. 
Rhynchostruthus louis^e Lort Phillips. 
Rhynchostruthus louisce Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 398, 
pi. viii. ; Reich, iii. p. 280 (1904). 
a-Jc. <$ $ . Waghar, 15th Aug.-28th Nov., 1905. 
Bill dark slate-coloured; legs and feet dark brown. 
Mr. Bury obtained a small series of this fine Finch from 
Waghar. In 1897 Mr. Lort Phillips found it in the same 
locality, and single examples were also obtained by him from 
the Sheihk Pass in 1895 and 1897. This species was fully 
described and figured in the f Ibis 5 for 1898. Mr. Bury met 
with this species singly ; it was feeding on the fruit of the tall 
candelabra-cactus, where its sparrow-like attitude betrayed 
it. In South Arabia the allied form R. per civ all Grant (Bull. 
B. O. C. xi. p. 30) was usually met with in docks. 
Petronia pyrgita (Heugl.). 
Petronia pyrgita Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 397; Reich, 
iii. p. 245 (1904). 
a. $ imm. Dubar, 26th May, 1905. 
b-m. <$ $ et <$ ? imm. Waghar, 6th July-18th Dec., 1905. 
o-p. $ $ . Burao, 10th & 30th Jan., 1906. 
Passer castanopterus Blyth. 
Passer castanopterus Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 397 ; 
Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 624 ; Reich, iii. p. 242 (1904). 
a, b. S $ • Dubar, 3rd & 8th June, 1905. 
c. (J . Waghar, 1st July, 1905. 
d-u . $ ? . Burao, 15th Dec., 1905~15th Feb., 1906. 
Bill purplish horn-coloured ; lower mandible pale mauve ; 
gape yellow ; legs and feet pale horn-coloured or silvery grey. 
The bird obtained on the 3rd of June was the first 
Sparrow of this species seen by Mr. Bury, so we may 
conclude that it was not very plentiful in that locality. An 
example labelled “ male, Waghar, 1st July, 1905,” is in 
the plumage of a female, for which Mr. Bury first mistook 
it, but he notes that on dissection the testes were plainly 
visible. 
