618 Messrs. Ogilvie-Graut and Reid on Birds 



Nile and referred to P. citerior probably belongs to the 

 present species. 



[This Red-faced Finch was seen only in Somaliland. — 

 A. E. P.] 



28. COCCOPYGIA QUARTINIA. 



Coccopygia quartinia (Bonap.) ; Grants Ibis, 1900, p. 129. 



a, b. ? . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, 3rd Jan. Nos. 349, 

 350. 



Iris red ; upper mandible black, lower mandible red ; legs 

 black. 



[The Yellow-bellied Amaduvade was not met with except 

 near the hill-side at Adis Ababa. — A. E. P.] 



29. Hypochera ultramarina. 



Hijpochara ultramarina (Gmel.); Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 129. 



a. ^ . Adis Ababa, S. Abyssinia, IStli Jan. No. 374. 



Iris brown; bill pinkish white ; legs orange-red. 



[The Ultramarine Finch was shot in the compound ; it 

 was a solitary specimen that frequented the Residency garden. 

 I observed one near the king^s palace in Adis Ababa^ but 

 the bird was not often seen. — A. E. P.] 



30. ^BEMOSYNE CANTANS. 



Aidemosyne cantans (Gmel.); Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 131. 



a. 9 . Dalado, S. Abyssinia, 12th Dec. No. 230. 



b. S ■ Choba, S. Abyssinia, 24th Dec. No. 301. 



c. ? . Hensa, Somaliland, 2nd April. No. 756. 



Iris brown ; bill dark slate-coloured ; legs brown or light 

 purple. 



We have already pointed out in ^The Ibis' (1901, p. 519) 

 that Arabian and East- African individuals of this species, 

 named ^. orientalis Lorenz & Hellmayr, are the true 

 jE. cantans^ and that it is very doubtful whether the Eastern 

 bird can be separated, even subspecifically, from the West- 

 African form. W^e should have drawn attention to Mr. 

 Witherby's remarks on this subject, ^Ibis,' 1901, p. 247. 

 The birds from the White Nile belong to the West- African 

 form, in which the barring of the upper parts is generally more 

 obscure. Mr. "Witherby contrasts the old and new plumage^ 



