39. poliospiza. 345 



z. $ ad. sk. Rustenberg, July 19 (TV. Sharpe Coll. 



Lucas) . 

 a 1 . Juv. sk. South Africa (E. L. Layard). Sharpe Coll. 



2. Poliospiza tristriata. 



Seriuus tristriatus, Riipp. Neue TVirb., Vog. p. 97, Taf. 35. tiff. 2 | L835 

 40) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 77 (1845) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 195. 



Fringilla tristriata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 (1849) ; Heugl. J. f. O. 

 1868, p. 91 ; Finsch # Hard. Vog. Ostafr. p. 449 (1870) ; Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 85, no. 7209 (1870). 



Poliospiza tristriata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 519 (1850) ; Horsf. fy Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 502 (1856) ; Sperling, Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 247; Ileugl. in Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 24; id. J. f. O. 1862, 

 p. 31; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 042 (1870); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 

 B. p. (i8 ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 360 (1881) ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. 482 (1884); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. T21 i. 

 p ; 174 (1884). 



Poliospiza canicapilla, DuBus, Bull. Acad. Sci. Bru.c. xxii. pt. 1, 

 p. 151 (1655) ■ Hart!. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 151 (1867). 



Tasser tristriatua, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 257 (1855). 



Friiijrilla (Dryospiza) tristriata, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 42 (1856). 



? Seriuus tristriatus, var., Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. xviii 

 p. 32(5 (1868). 



Frin<rilla (Poh-ospiza) tristriata, Blauf. Geol. §• Zool. Abyss, p. 413 



Fringilla canicapilla, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 83, no. 7213 (1870). 

 ? Fringilla, sp., Finsch fy Haiti. Vog. Ostafr. p. 869 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above uniform earthy brown ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dark brown, edged with the same brown as the back, the primaries 

 margined with ashy whitish ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with 

 lighter brown ; crown of head like the back ; lores dark brown, 

 surmounted by a narrow white eyebrow ; ear-coverts and cheeks 

 dark brown ; throat dull white ; remainder of under surface of body 

 ashy brown, rather paler towards the abdomen, which is white near 

 the vent ; sides of body and flanks like the breast ; thighs and under 

 tail-coverts pale ashy brown, the latter tipped with dull whitish ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries pale ashy brown ; quills below 

 dusky, ashy along the inner edge : " bill pale dusky horn-colour ; 

 feet reddish; iris dusky" (Heuglin). Total length 4-8 inches; 

 culmeu 0-4, wing 2-6, tail 2-15, tarsus 0-65. 



A pair of birds collected by Mr. Blanford measure as follows : — 



There is apparently no difference in the colour of the sexes, the 

 male having a somewhat broader and whiter eyebrow, and a clearer 

 white throat. 



Hah. K.E. Africa ; Senegambia ; reoccurriug in S.W. Africa. 



