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25. Textor intermedius Cab. 



a. S- Dimkagga, 3770 ft., 14th Dec, 1899. (No. 101.) 



b. S. Tadechamulka, 3024 ft., 7th Jan., 1900. (No. 

 159.) 



26. DiNEMELLIA DINEMELLI (Rupp.). 



a. S ■ Gildessa, 25th Nov., 1899. (No. 43.) 



b. S' Billen, 3400 ft., 19th Nov., 1899. (No. 113.) 



27. Passer swainsoni (Riipp.). 



a~d. S ? . Tadechamulka, 3024 ft., 3rd-4th Jan., 1900. 

 (Nos. 148-151.) 



28. Pyrrhulauda melanauchen (Cab.). 

 a. S- Zeila, 13th Nov., 1899. (No. 10.) 



29. Pyrrhulauda harrisoni. (Plate VII.) 

 Pyrrhulauda harrisoni, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 30 



(1900). 



a, 6. (? ? . South end of Lake Rudolf, 1800 ft., 21st 

 x\pril, 1900. (Nos. 289, 290.) [Tijpes of the species.'] 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. verticalis (Smith), 

 but altogether paler ; the black of the crown, lores, fore 

 part of cheeks, throat, sides and front of the neck, as well 

 as the middle of the chest, being replaced by deep chestnut ; 

 the middle of the breast and belly, as well as a patch between 

 the back of the neck and upper mantle, black; the sides 

 of the chest, breast, and flanks white; general colour above 

 pale earthy brown ; the interscapular region, as well as the 

 lower back and rump, uniform. Total length 4*8 inches, 

 wing 3, tail 1*8, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult female. Above, dark earthy brown, and apparently 

 very similar to the female of P. verticalis. A dusky patch 

 <30vers the greater part of the cheeks and ear- coverts, and 

 the middle of the breast and belly are mostly black ; the 

 throat, fore-neck, and chest are mottled brownish white 

 tinged with sandy ; the sides and flanks darker. Total 

 length 4*75 inches, wing 29, tail 1*8, tarsus 0'65. 



Most interesting, perhaps, of all the species of which 

 examples were procured is this beautiful new form of 

 Finch-Lark from Lake Rudolf, figured in the accompanying 



