BIRDS OF ETHIOPIA AND KENYA COLONY 479 



55 (63) ; ciilmen, 10-11 (10.2) ; tarsus, 14-16.5 (15.4 mm). Females- 

 wing, 71-71.5 (71.3); tail, 51-54.5 (53); culmen, 10 each; tarsus, 

 15-16 (15.3 mm). 



Very little is known of the habits of the Ethiopian subspecies of 

 the house bunting, but in Darfur Lynes ^^ found the race jehelmarrae 

 breeding in early winter. 



Mearns noted this bird as follows : Gidabo River, March 15-17, 40 

 birds seen ; Black Lake Abaj^a, March 21-23, 4 noted ; Anole village, 

 May 18, 10 seen; Bodessa, May 19-June 6, 1,000; Sagon Eiver, June 

 6, 20 ; Tertale, June 7-12, 12 seen ; El Ade, June 12, 4 birds ; Wobok, 

 June 18, 1 noted; Chaffa villages June 24-25, 500; 18 miles southwest 

 of Hor, July 1-2, 500 ; Dussia, July 3-4, 500 birds seen. 



B5 Ibis, 1924, pp. 680-681. 



