41. SERINUS. 35l 



with yellow, broader on the ends of the secondaries, which are 

 fringed with ashy at the ends ; tail-feathers blackish brown, edged 

 externally with yellow ; crown of head golden yellow, the top of 

 the head greenish yellow towards the occiput ; nape, hind neck, and 

 sides of neck ashy grey, extending over the mantle and forming a 

 broad collar ; lores dusky ; eyelid and sides of face dull golden 

 yellow, the ear-coverts ashy grey like the sides of the hinder crown 

 and sides of the neck ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body 

 dull golden yellow, clearer and brighter yellow on the lower breast 

 and upper abdomen ; the lower abdomen white; sides of body and 

 flanks rather greener ; thighs ashy white ; under tail-coverts yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries dull ashy, edged with yellow ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy along the inner edge. Total length 5*3 

 inches, culmen 04, wing 3-1, tail 2-15, tarsus 055. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male, and browner on 

 the back, where there are distinct evidences of dusky streaks. The 

 yellow colouring of both upper and under surfaces not so brilliant 

 as in the male, the ashy colour of the hind neck somewhat washed 

 with brown ; the crown paler yellow than in the male, and streaked 

 with dusky. Total length 4-7 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2-9, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0'55. 



Hub. South Africa. 



a, b, c, d. Ad. sk. South Africa. Purchased. 



e. Ad. st. South Africa. Purchased. 



/. Ad. st. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



(). Ad. sk. Cape Colony (E. L. Layard). Sliarpe Coll. 



h. Ad. sk. Near Cape Town. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



i. Ad. sk. S.E. Africa. John Eocke, Esq. 



[P.]. 



h. Ad.sk. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



I, m. $ J ad. sk. Pinetown, Natal, July 21 Sharpe Coll. 



(T. L. Ayres). 



n. 2 ad. sk. Macamac, June 16, 1874 J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



(T.L. Ayres). [P.]. 



o. $ ad. sk. Elephant River, Damara- Sharpe Coll. 



Land, Aug. 16,1862 (C. 



J. Andersson). 



p. J ad. sk. Reunion, Feb. 15, 1865 Sharpe Coll. 



(Van Earn). 



2. Serinus flavivertex. 



Crithagra flavivertex, Blanf. Geol. fy Zool. Abyss, p. 414, pi. vii 

 (1870); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 651 (1870); Gray, 

 Hand-l. B. ii. p. 100, no. 7487 (1870) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. c/es. Orn. 

 i. p. 322 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish green, slightly 

 streaked with dusky bLickish on the mantle and back : the lower 

 rump and upper tail-coverts bright yellow ; lesser wing-coverts 

 yellowish green ; median coverts brighter yellow, with black bases ; 

 greater coverts blackish, edged with yellowish green and broadly 

 tipped with bright yellow, forming a band ; bastard-wing, primary- 



