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181. Uraeginthus ianthinogaster Reich. 



Uroeginthus ianthinogaster Reichenow, Ornith. Centrabl., p. 114, 1879. 

 Naivasha, August 6. "Irides brick red, bill dull crimson, feet 

 grayish black." 



182. Spermestes cucuUatus Sw. 



Spermestes cucullatus Swainson, Bds. W. Afr., I, p. 201, 1837. [Sene- 

 gambia.] 



Fort Hall, July 11. "Iris hazel, upper mandible black, lower pearl 



gray." 



183. Nigrita schistacea Sharpe. 



Nigrita schistacea Sharpe, Ibis, p. 118, 1891 (2.51). [Sotik.] 

 El Bolossa swamp, September 1. "Irides pale straw, bill black, 

 feet horn color." 



184. Vidua serena (Linn.). 



Emberiza serena Linnaeus, S. N., p. 312, 1766. 

 Fort Hall, July 11 ; Guaso Nyiro, October 23 and 24. "Irides hazel, 

 bill coral red, feet dusky gray." 



185. Quelea setliiopica (Sundev.). 



Ploceus sanguinirostris var. cethiopica Sundev., Oefv. K. Vet. Akad. Forli., 

 p. 126, 18.50; PI. 10, fig. .5, 1890. [Senaar.] 



Naivasha, July 31. "Irides brown, bill pale red, feet flesh color." 



186. Philetairus arnandi (Bonap.). 



Nigrita arnandi Bonaparte, Conspect., I, p. 444, 1850. [White Nile.] 

 Pesi swamp, October 3. "Irides hazel, bill black, feet flesh color." 

 187- Coliuspasser delamerei Shelley. 



Coliuspasser delamerei Shelley, Bull. B. O. C, XIII, p. 73, 1903. 

 El Bolossa swamp, September 9; Pesi swamp, October 8 and 9. 

 «'Irides hazel, bill pearl white, feet horn color." 



188. Coliuspasser jaoksoni (Sharpe). 



Drepanopleciis jacksoni Sharpe, Ibis, p. 246, PI. 5, 1891. [Kikuyu.] 

 Nairobi, May 16; Markham Downs, August 30. "Irides hazel, bill 

 black splashed at the tip with w^hite feet, dark brown." These two 

 specimens are adult males in the black plumage; four birds from 

 Naivasha, August 21, and two from El Bolossa swamp, September 

 24, are in the striped plumage and appear to belong to this species. 



189. Coliuspasser laticauda (Licht.). 



Fringilla laticauda Lichtenstein, Verg. Doubl., p. 24 footnote, 1823. 

 [Nubia.] 



Nairobi, May 16; on the Daruku, May 20; Thika, May 21 to 25; 



Fort Hall, May 30; El Bolo.ssa, September 5; Guaso Nyiro, October 



23 and 24. "Irides hazel, bill black, feet black." 



