from Somaliltind and Sovthern Abyssinia. 135 



50. Passer swainsoni. 



Passer swainsoni (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 334 (1888); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 278 

 (1888). 



a. S . Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 23.) 



b. ?. Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 150.) 



c. c? • Kassira river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. 

 (No. 239.) 



a. Iris brown; bill black; legs brown. 

 b and c. Iris brown; bill dark; legs brown. 

 [Common tlirougliout Abyssinia. — L.] 



51. POLIOSPIZA TRISTRIATA. 



Poliospiza tristriata (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 345 (1888); Salvad. Ann, Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 276 (1888). 



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

 1898. (No. 57.) 



b. (S . Derru, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 113.) 



c. J. Kosso, Abyssinia, 8 February, 1899. (No. 305.) 

 Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs brown. 



[Usually met with in pairs. This Finch is more an 

 inhabitant of woods than of cornfields. — L.] 



52. Serinus icterus. 



Serinus icterus Bonn. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 356 (1888). 



a. ? imm. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 387.) 



b. S imm. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 394.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark brown. 



b. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs black. 



An immature male and female, apparently of this species. 

 [Met with in the valleys of Central and Southern Abys- 

 sinia. — L.] 



53. Serinus striolatus. 



Serinus striolatus (Riipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 

 p. 363 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 271 



(1888). 



