134 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 



46. Textor albirostris. 



Textor albirostris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 508 (1890). 



a. S- Kassim river, Abyssinia, 20 January, 1899. 

 (No. U2.) 



Iris brown; bill reddish brown; legs brown. 



47. Chrysomitris nigriceps. 



Chrysomitris nigriceps (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 222 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 274 

 (1888). 



a. S ' Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 279.) 



Bill and legs black. 



48. Chrysomitris citrinelloides. 



Chrysomitris citrinelloides (RiiiDp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 229 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 274 (1888). 



Chrysomitris melanops (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 229 (1888). 



a. S . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 

 1898. (No. 55.) 



b. ? . Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 100.) 



c. ? . Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 388.) 

 Iris brown; bill and legs dark. 



[We usually met with this SiskinN§ingly or in pairs, in 

 company with flocks of Quelea cethiopica. — L.] 



49. Petronia dentata. 



Petronia dentata (Sundev.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 295 (1888). 



Xanthodira dentata Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 277 (1888). 



a. ?. Maritchi, Abyssinia, 22 March, 1899. (No. 443.) 



Iris brown ; bill dusky ; legs slate. 



The female before us apparently belongs to this species, 

 though it is rather darker on the upper parts, and has the 

 rufous-white superciliary stripes more strongly marked than 

 in any of the female examples in the British Museum Collec- 

 tion. The bill is, moreover, slightly longer. 



