fro7n Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 625 



brought home in any collection that has passed through our 

 hands, and, so far as we are aware, it has never been de- 

 scribed, though this Sparrow is common at Zaila. 



[We only observed the Chestnut-winged Sparrow on the 

 coast.— A. E. P.] 



50. Passer swainsoni. 



Passer swainsoni (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 135 ; 

 1901, p. 286. 



a. ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 87. 



Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 24th Nov. No. 100. 



Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 6th Dec. No. 202. 



Kassam R., S. Abyssiuia, 22nd Dec. No. 291. 



Kora, S. Abyssinia, 12th Feb. No. 494. 



Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 7th Mar. No. 631. 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; legs dusky brown. 

 [The Common Sparrow of the upper countries was Swain- 

 son's ; it was not seen on the maritime plain. — A. E. P.] 



51. POLIOSPIZA TRISTRIATA. 



Poliospiza trislriata (Riipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 135. 

 a. S • Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. No. 79. 

 Iris brown; bill dusky brown ; legs brown. 

 [The Three-striped Sparrow was seen on the plains east of 

 Harrar. — A. E. P.] 



52. Serinus maculicollis. 



Serinus maculicollis Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 470, pi. xxvii. 

 fig. 1 ; Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. Orn. i. no. 2, p. 36 (1897) ; 

 Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 399 ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 63. 



a. c?. FuUfully, S. Abyssiuia, 5th Dec. No. 191. 



b. ? . Katyinvvaha, S. Abyssinia, 18th Dec. No. 253. 



c. (J. Filwa, S. Abyssinia, 20th Dec. No. 271. 

 Iris brown ; bill and legs dark brown. 



The description and figure of the type were taken from an 

 immature male, which has a dark band across the fore-neck, 

 characteristic of the adult female. In the fully adult male 

 the throat, fore-neck, and breast are uniform bright yellow. 



[Donaldson-Smith's Serin-Finch frequented the tops of 

 Mimosa and other trees. — A. E. P.] 



