from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 137 



description and with a typical example in the British 

 Museum. 



[This handsome Bunting was occasionally met with on 

 the western side of Abyssinia^ but was distinctly a rare 

 bird.— L.] 



58. Fringillaria septemstriata. 



FringiUaria septemstriata (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xii. p. 559 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 

 p. 269 (1888). 



a. S ' Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 293.) 



Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs brown. 



The true F. septemstriata (Riipp.), with almost the whole of 

 the inner webs of the primaries rufous, and only the tips dusky, 

 is apparently not met with east of Abyssinia ; westward its 

 range extends to the River Niger, and it has been got as far 

 south asLake Victoria Nyanza by Mr. F. J. Jackson. None 

 of the birds obtained by Mr. Lort Phillips in Somaliland 

 belong to this species, but should, in our opinion, be referred 

 to the Southern form, F. tahapisi. The true F. septemstriata 

 has the whole of the outer secondaries chestnut, only the 

 terminal portion (about 0*5 inch) being dusky. The bird 

 shot by Lord Lovat at Laga Hardim, in the north-west 

 of the Galla country, can only be referred to F. tahapisi. 



[Seen at intervals throughout our journey almost as far 

 west as the Blue Nile. — L.] 



59. Fringillaria tahapisi. 



Fringillaria tahapisi (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 558 (1888) ; Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 399 

 [N. Somaliland]. 



Fringillaria septemstriata Lort Phillips (nee Riippell), Ibis, 



1898, p. 399 [N. Somaliland]. 



a. ? [evidently ^ ] . Laga Hardim, Abyssinia, 1-1 January, 



1899. (No. 181.) 



Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs brown. 



60. Tephrocorys ruficeps. 



Tephrocorys ruficeps (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 563 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 471. 



