368 fringilltdJS. 



Adult female. Apparently similar to the male, but not having the 

 same amount of black on the throat, the black not being uniform 

 but broken up into spots. Total length 4*4 inches, culmen 0-35, 

 wing 2 - 7, tail 1*75, tarsus 0*5. 



Young males apparently resemble the adult female, but are 

 more spotted with blackish below on the throat and breast. 



I have not been able to trace the changes of plumage in this 

 species satisfactorily, owing to a lack of properly sexed and dated 

 specimens; but it seems to'me probable that the males have also 

 spotted throats in winter, and that the uniform black throat is a sign 

 of breeding-plumage. 



Hah. South Africa generally, extending to Angola on the west 

 coast and to Masai-Land in East Africa. 



a, b, c. cf ad. ; d. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



Juv. sk. (Types of L. atrigularis.) 



e. S imm.sk. Orange River, Feb. 21, 1881. * Dr. F.Bradskaw[P.]. 



/. cf ad. sk. Makalaka Kraal, Zambesi road, W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Aug. 20, 1874 (F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



a tf juv. sk. Otjusavahami, Damara-Land, Sharpe Coll. 



July 12, 1866 (C. J. Anders- 

 son). 



h, i. Ad. sk. Elephant Vley, Aug. 15 (C. Sharpe Coll. 



J. A.). 



k. J ad. sk. Elephant Vley, Aug. 22 (C. Sharpe Coll. 



J. A.). 



1. Juv. sk. Matalko, July 17 (C. J. A.). Sharpe Coll. 



m. Ad. sk. South Africa. Zoological Society. 



17. Serinus serinus. 



Le Serin, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 179 (1760). ' 



Fringilla serinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 320 (1766); Temm. Man. 

 dOrn. i. p. 856 (1820) ; Naum. Tog. Deutschl. v. pi. 128 (1826) ; 

 Werner, Atlas, Granivores, pi. 43 (1827); Bp. Faun. Ital., Ucc. 

 pi. 37 (1832^1); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 371 (1849); Kjeerb.Danm. 

 Fugle, pi. 27. tig. 5 (1852) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 83, no. 7206 

 (1870); Fritsch, Yog. Eur. pi. 17. tig. 9 (c. 1870); Fallon, Ois. 

 Belg. p. 100 (1875). 



Loxia serinus, Scop. Ann. i. p. 140 (1769) ; Meyer u. Wolf, Tasche?ib. 

 p. 146 (1810). 



Le Serin de Provence, Daubent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 058. fig. 1. 



Serin Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 296(1783). 



Fringilla montana {nee L.\ Bodd. Tab/. PI. Enl. p. 40 (1783). 



Fringilla citrinella {nee L.), Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. p. 124, tab. 15 

 (1802). 



Serinus hortulanus, Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. p. 229 (1816) ; Cab. Mas. 

 Hein. Th. i. p. 163 (1850) ; Godman, Ibis, 1866, p. 98 ; Lilford, 

 t. c. p. 176 ; Roioley, t. c. p. 215 ; Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p. 207 ; Gould, 

 B. Gt. Br. iii. pi. 38 (c. 1870); Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 220; 

 Salvad. Faun. Ital,, Ucc. p. 158 (1871) ; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 154 

 (1872) ; Brooke, Ibis, 1873, p. 247 ; Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 549, 

 pi. 172 (1875) ; Irbi/, B. Gibr. p. 123 (1875) ; Wharton, Ibis, 

 1875, p. 25 ; Danf. Ibis, 1878, p. 20 ; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. 



