— 178 - 



One of the male specimens has light uudulating lines on 

 the lower surface. The female is more greyish on the lower 

 part than the males (0 g. - G r a n t). 



Wing cfcT 48, 50 mm., 9 48 mm. Tarsus 15 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill black with a red streak on each 

 side. Legs black. 



Reichenow gives the distribution of this bird from 

 Kamerun and Congo to Victoria- Nyanza. v. Someren (Ibis 

 1916, p. 423) has found it in various places in Uganda. Sclater 

 & Mackworth-Praed (Ibis 1918, p. 415) have met it in 

 the Bahr el Chazal district at Jambio, B a n n e r m a n (Ibis 1915, 

 p. 514) says that "it ranges right across Africa". 



Londiani is surely one of the few places in British East 

 Africa where the race it met with. 



Lagonosticta senegala kikuyuensis v. Someren. — Bull. Brit. 

 Orn. Club, vol. XL, 1919, p. 55. 



L. senegalla kikuyuensis v. Someren. 



1 Q ad. 11. 4. Ngong. 



A little flock of this race was found inhabiting some gar- 

 dens at Ngong, in the neighbourhood of Nairobi. 



The whole of the upper parts greyish brown with a very 

 pale red wash; the sides of the head with a somewhat deeper 

 reddish tinge; at the base of the upper mandible carmine spots. 

 Throat, fore -neck and breast light greyish brown with a faint 

 red tint; breast with whitish spots; belly lighter brownish yel- 

 low; flanks greyish brown. On comparing this bird with speci- 

 mens of closely allied forms I found that it mostly approaches 

 ruherrima [which also v. Someren (op. cit.) points out]. 

 Wing 47 ram. tarsus 12 mm. 



Irides dark-brown, bill reddish, upper mandible with black 

 ridge, lower mandible somewhat lighter. Legs dirty yellow. 



Dr. V. G. L. van Someren, Nairobi, has been kind 

 enough to examine and fix this specimen. 



Lagonosticta rubricata hildehrandti Neum. — Orn. Monatsber. 



1907, p. 167. 



1 cT ad. 18. 4. Kiambu. 



This specimen agrees completely, as regards dress, with the 

 type-specimen from British East Africa found in the collections 

 of the Berlin Museum. 



Wing 48 mm. tarsus 15 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill bluish black, legs brownish black. 



