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Serinus dorsosiriatus dorsostriatus Rchw. — Kchw. III. p. 268. 

 2 (5(5 ad. 18. 9. Kisumu. 



Z e d 1 i t z has (Journ. f. Oru., 1916, p. 47) established three 

 forms beloLging to the dorsostriatus group: 



1. S. d. dorsostriats Rchw. — German East Africa and Brit. 

 E. Africa. 



2. S. d. harferii Zedlitz. — South Somaliland. 



3. S. d. macuUcollis Sharpe. — North Somali, Galla. 



The two specimens from Kisumu on Victoria Nyanza are 

 typical S. d. dorsostriatus. This form was very common at this 

 place, and was met with in small Hocks in the scrub-country 

 down on the shores as well as further in the country. Both of 

 them have very worn dresses and the lower surface, together 

 with the under tail-coverts, are in one of them uniform yellow, 

 but in the other the centre of the belly and under tail-coverts 

 are yellowish white. 



Zedlitz (op. cit.) gives the length of the wing for this 

 form as: cfcf 75—79 mm., 99 72—77 mm., but states that 

 one cT specimen collected by Neumann in N. W. Abessynia has 

 only 72 mm. 



These two have a wing-measurement of 71 — 73 mm., tarsus 

 16 mm. 



Irides dark-brown ; bill and legs dark-grey. 



Serinus mozamhicus harbatus (Heugl.) — Rchw. III. p. 271. 



Serinus icterus barbatus (Heugl.). Neumann: Journ. f. Orn., 1905, p. 354. — 

 Eeichenow: Vogelf. Mittelafr. Seengeb. 1912, p. 338. — v. Someren: Ibis 

 1916, p. 429. — Zedlitz: J. f. Orn., 1911, p. 41. 

 1 (5 ad. 14. 5. Soy. 



This speciman was shot by a little brook flowing through 

 the acacia-country, in the vicinity of Soy. 



The underparts are bright yellow with a green wash along 

 the flanks; under tail-coverts yellow. The upper surface greenish 

 with a pale grey wash. 



Sclater & Mackworth- Praed (Ibis, 1918, p. 464—467) 

 have separated 6 forms belonging to this group, at the same 

 time giving a detailed and exact description ot the characters 

 and distribution of each one of them. Neumann (Journ. f. 

 Orn., 1905, p. 354) gives the wing-measurements for this form 

 as 63—66 mm , but this individual has a wing-length amounting to 

 70 mm.; tarsus 15 mm. In spite of this difference in the length 

 of wing I place it without hesitation under the above-named form, 

 and it agrees perfectly with specimens in the Berlin Museum col- 

 lections in other respects. 



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



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