— 187 - 



Out amoDg the papyrus reeds, which in certain places 

 border the shores of Victoria Nyanza, there grew here and there 

 small thickets of shrub and trees, where at this time of the year 

 there was a rich bird-life. Among the numerous species of 

 small birds shot here, even this bird was found, although it did 

 not occur very commonly. 



The male is in full dress (somewhat worn) aiad agree with 

 Reichenow's description. 



The female specimen is also in full dress and the upper 

 tail coverts are greyish brown (vide Reichenow). 

 Wing, tarsus, 



61 mm. 16 mm. cT 



59 mm. 15 mm. Q 



Irides in cf dark-yellow, in Q brown; bill in (f black, in 

 9 dark-grey (lower mandible somewhat lighter); legs in cf 

 brownish grey, in 9 ^^^J- 



Serinus angolensis reichenowi Salvad. — Rchw. III. p. 254. 



Poliospiza reichenowi Salvad. Reichenow : op. cit. — v. Someren : Ibis, 

 1916, p. 428. — Serinus angolensis reichenowi Salvad. Zedlitz : Orn. 

 Monatsber., 1912, p. 75; Journ. f. Orn., 1916, p. 46. 



2 (5(5 ad. 23. 4. Lake Naiwasha. 



Zedlitz has in the above-named work dealt with the syste- 

 matisation of the races of Serinus angolensis in a worthy manner, 

 and in the Journ. f. Ornith., 1916, pp. 45—46, he has separated 

 7 allied forms. 



With reference to S. a. reichenowi he says (Orn. Monats- 

 ber. 1912, p. 75) that specimens from British East Africa have 

 a strong bill exactly like typical specimens from Abessynia. 



At Lake Naiwasha this race was very common and; occurred 

 in the outskirts of the woods, which grew right down to the water. 

 Both specimens are in rather worn dresses and in one the light 

 tips of the rectrices are therefore almost worn away. In the 

 other the tips are not pure white but greyish white, but in other 

 respects they agree with Z e d 1 i t z's diagnosis. 



Wing 67, 69 mm., tarsus 13, 14 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill greyish-brown; legs brownish yellow. 



Serinus siriolatus affinis Richm. — The Auk, 1897, p. 156—157. 



Crithagra striolata af finis Richm. Richm. : The Auk., 1897, p. 156. — 

 Poliospiza striolata affinis Richm. v. Someren: Ibis, 1916, p. 428. 

 Nov. Zool. XXV, 1918, p. 282. — Serinus striolatus affinis Richm. 

 Hartert : Bull. Brit. Club, vol. XIX, 1807, p. 84. — Poliospiza striolata 

 Riipp. Grote: Journ. f. Orn., 1921, p. 129. 



1 (5 ad. 11. 4. Ngong. - 1 ^ ad. 24. 4. Kikuyu. — 2 <5(5 ad. 19. 9. Kiambu. — 

 1 Q ad. 11. 4. Ngong. — 1 g ad. 24. 4. Kiambu. — 1 Q ad. 5. 5. Londiani 



