778 PROCEEDINGS OF TiHE ACADKM&' OF [Nov., 



172. Serinus flaviventris (Blanf.). 



Crithagra flaviventris Blanford, Geol. and Zool. Abyss., p. 414, PI. VII, 1870. 

 [Abyssinia.] 



El Bolossa swamp, September 3 and 8. "Irides hazel, bill dusky, 

 feet dark lu)rn color." 



173. Chrysomitris melanops (Heugl.). 



Fringilla m.elanops Heuglin, J. f. O., p. 92, 1868. [Gondar (?), Aby.ssinia.] 

 Fort Hall, June 2, July 11. "Irides brown, bill dusky, feet horn." 



174. Sp. f 



A young finch in juvenal plumage. 



PLOCEID^. 



175. Hypochaera ultramarina (Gmel.)- 



Fringilla ultramarina Gmelin, S. N., I, p. 927, 1788. [Abyssinia.] 

 Guaso Nyiro, October 24. "Irides hazel, bill pearl white, feet sal- 

 mon pink." 



176. Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe. 



Lagonosticfa brunneiceps Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Miis., XIII, p. 277, 1890. 

 [Maragaz.] 



Fort Hall, June 10. "Irides dull red, orbits yellow, bill dusky, 

 edged with red, feet horn color." 



177. Coooopygia kilimensis Sharpe(?). 



Coccopj/gia kilimensis Sharpe, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., XIII, p. 307, 1890. 

 [Kilimanjaro.] 



El Bolossa swamp, September 22. "Irides brown, bill black, feet 

 dark horn color." This is a female, and is referred to this form on 

 the ground that Nairobi specimens were so identified b)^ Shelley. 

 Without a male it is impossible to be sure of its relationship. 



178. Estrilda rhodopyga Sundev. 



Estrilda rhodopyga Sundevall, Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forh. Stockh., p. 126, 

 1850. [E. Africa.] 



Tana river, June 18, July 5. "Irides brown, bill dusky, feet horn 

 color." 



179. Estrilda minor (Cab.). 



Habropyga minor Cabanis, J. f. O., p. 229, 1878. [Voi River.] 

 Near Nairobi, May 17; Fort Hall, May 29; Tana river, June 9 (?). 

 "Irides light brown, bill bright red, feet dusky." The Tana river speci- 

 men is young, and I am not sure that it belongs here. 



180. Uraegintlius bengalus (Linn.). 



Fringilla bengalus Linn., S. N., p. 323, 1766. 

 One specimen without data. 



