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20. Emberiza poliopleura ^Salvad.). 

 40 & 40. S 6 • Bera, May 4, 1903. 



21. POLIOSPIZA TRISTRIATA (Riipp.). 



Poliospiza pallidior Lort Phil. Ibis, 1898, p. 398. 



121. ? . Upper Sheikh, March 1, 1904. 



I cannot agree with Mr. Lort Phillips that the Somaliland 

 birds are separable from the Abyssinian ones of this species. 

 If there is a constant difference it is an exceedingly small 

 one, and such fine distinctions should be based on a large 

 series of specimens. There are only a few Abyssinian 

 specimens in the British Museum, and these are mostly old 

 and, I think, slightly discoloured. 



22. Fringillaria striolata (Licht.). 



140. «^. Auseneh, Wasangali Country, April 1, 1901. 



23. Serinus donaldsoni Sharpe. 

 37. S • Galkayu, April 6, 1903. 



24. Serinus maculicollis Sharpe. 

 114. <J. Olesan, Feb. 16, 1904. 



This specimen has been more or less bleached, perhaps by 

 carbolic acid. The green and yellow have disappeared. 



25. Hyphantornis spekii Heugl. 



142. £ . Auseneh, Wasangali Country, April 1, 1904. 

 " Iris golden yellow." — A. E. II. 



26. Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichen.). 

 99. S- Eil Dab, Feb. 15, 1904. 



"Bill coral-red, eye coral-red, iris dull gold colour." — 

 A.E. H. 



G. hawkeri Lort Phillips (Bull. B. O. C. vol. viii. p. xxiii) 

 seems to me a very doubtful form. The blue feathers on the 

 head are only blue-tipped, and when the feathers become worn 

 the blue colouring naturally diminishes in extent. Specimens 

 in worn plumage become also paler on the head and back. 

 A good series of specimens in fresh plumage may prove that 

 the Somaliland bird belongs to a distinguishable race. 



"Very shy bird. Lives in grassy bottoms of thick bush 

 and is rarely seen though common." — A. E. H. 



