684 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 



b. Nairobi, 10th April, 1902. (No. 276.) 



Besides the characters mentioned by Captain Shelley, 

 P. gongonensis is distinguishable from P. diffusus by not 

 possessing the white chin of the latter species. 



[At Takaungu this Sparrow was very common in the 

 gardens; it was plentiful also at Nairobi, but very wary. — 

 A.B.P.] 



28. Serinus citrinelloides (Riipp.). 

 Spinus citrinelloides Reich, iii. p. 274. 



a. Imm. Kikuyu Forest, 1st July, 1902. 



In this specimen, which is no doubt quite a young bird, 

 the feathers on the chin are yellow, and not dusky green as 

 in the mature bird. 



The species ranges from Abyssinia to Nyasaland. 



29. Emberiza plaviventris Steph. 

 Emberiza fiaviventris Reich, iii. p. 281. 

 a. Nairobi, 28th May, 1902. (No. 292.) 



30. Mirafra fischeri (Reich.). 

 Mirafra fischeri Reich, iii. p. 339. 

 a. Mombasa. 



[This Lark was common on the mainland near Mombasa. 

 It makes a curious noise with its wings every now and then 

 as it flies along.—./. B. P. | 



SI. Mirafra cantillans Blyth. 



Mirafra canlillan.s Grant, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 248 (1900); 

 Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 028; Shelley, B. of A. iii. p. 64 

 (1902) ; Reich, iii. p. 335. 



a. ?. M'buguni, 6th Feb., 1902. 



This specimen undoubtedly belongs to M. cantillans, and 

 is similar in plumage to a bird obtained at Filwa, S. Abys- 

 sinia, by Mr. A. E. Pease. I can find no record of this species 

 having been obtained so far south as M'buguni. In his notes 

 M r. Percival menl ions thai M'buguni is south of Kilimanjaro. 



32. MoTACILLA CAMPKSTRIS Pall. 



Budytes campestris Reich, iii. p. 30(1. 

 a. Takaungu, 1st April, 1901. 



