41. SEKINTTS. 361 



p. 68 (1871) ; Gurney in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 184 (1872) ; 

 Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 483 (1884). 

 Crithagra crocopvgia, Sharpe, Ann. # May. N. H. (i) viii. p. 235 

 (1871). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above pale brown, 

 broadly streaked witb darker brown down the centre of the feathers ; 

 lower back and rump clear yellow ; lesser wing- coverts like the 

 back ; median and greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills blackish brown, edged with paler brown, whitish towards 

 the ends of the greater coverts and along the outer web of the 

 secondaries ; upper tail-coverts pale brown, washed laterally with 

 yellow ; tail-feathers dark brown, edged with paler brown, slightly 

 tinged with yellow ; crown of head like the back, but somewhat 

 more narrowly streaked ; lores brown, surmounted by a narrow 

 white eyebrow ; feathers round eye whitish, as also a spot below 

 the eye ; ear-coverts and sides of face brown, the fore part of the 

 cheeks whitish, as well as a bar across the hinder cheeks from below 

 the ear-coverts : throat white ; remainder of under surface from the 

 fore neck downwards pale ashy brown, becoming lighter on the 

 breast and abdomen, the latter whiter towards the vent ; sides of 

 body and flanks light ashy brown ; thighs pale ashy ; under tail- 

 coverts isabelline ; under wing-coverts and axillaries very pale ashy 

 brown ; quills below dusky, pale ashy along the inner edge. Total 

 length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3-2, tail 2*1, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Like the male. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*55, 

 wing 3"15, tail 2, tarsus 0*8. 



Hah. South-western Africa from Great Namaqua-Land to Damara- 

 Land and Benguela. 



a. 2 a d- sk. Koy's Fountain, Great Namaqua- Sharpe Coll. 



Land, June 18, 1862 (C. J. 

 Andersson). 



b. J ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, Sharpe Coll. 



Aug. 4, 1866 (C.J. A.). 



c. cJ ad. sk. Davitjob, near Otjimbinque, Sharpe Coll. 



June 9, 1864 (C. J. A.). (Type of species.) 



d. (J ad. sk. West of Tjobis, Swart River, Sharpe Coll. 



April 3, 1865 (C.J. A.). 



e. cJ ad. sk. Swakop River, Oct. 2G, 1860 Sharpe Coll. 



(C.J. A.). 



f. $ ad. sk. Damara-Land. C. J. Andersson, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 y. Ad. sk. Benguela. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. 



[Cl- 

 io. Serinus leucopterus *. (Plate IX.) 



Crithagra leucoptera, Sharpe, Ann. 8c May. N. H. (4) viii. p. 235 



(1871). 



Adult (type of species). General colour above uniform brown 

 with a slight olive-yellow tinge, the rump uniform with the back ; 



* Lettered Crithagra leucoptera on the Plate. 



