14G Xlr. W. L. Sc'latcr on [Ibis, 



longer than the 7tli. In this respect Pseudacanthis differs 

 from Serines, Alario, and L'maria. The legs and feet are 

 delicate and tslender. 



The plumage-characters are also very distinct from most 

 oF the other Finches. The inner primary quills from the 

 1st to the Gth have a basal patch of white, and the outer 

 tail-feathers have a conspicuous band of white running along 

 the inner Mcb nearly to the tip ; the pair next the outer 

 ones have the white on the shafts only. 



Altogether this little Finch, which appears to be confined 

 to the mountains of the Yemen, presents very distinct 

 characters, as is shown by the coloured plate (IV,) and the 

 cut of the head and tail. 



The example collected at Sok-al-Khamis in July is, in my 

 opinion, a young bird and is very diflerent at first sight 

 from the adult. The following is a description : — Above 

 earthy-brown Avith darker centres to the feathers, giving a 

 streaked appearance throughout, including the crown and 

 the nape ; wings and tail as in the adult, but the white 

 patches slightly reduced. Below whitish slightly washed 

 with brown, streaked with dark brown. In general ap- 

 pearance not unlike PoUospizu menacJiensis, but at once 

 distinguished by the white on the wings and tail. 



Emberiza hortulana. 



Emheriza hortulana Linnseus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 177: 

 Sweden. 



a-c. 2 (J, 1 ? . Menakha, 7003-7500 ft. 31. xii. 12 to 

 G. i. 13. 



The Ortolan is found throughout Europe and western 

 Asia as far as Mongolia and the confines of India. In 

 Avinter it goes south to Abyssinia, but has not hitherto been 

 recorded from Arabia so far as I am aware. 



Emberiza cinerea semenowi. 



Emberiza (Hijpoceiitor) semenowi Sarudny, Ornith. Jahrb. 

 XV. 1904, p. 217 : Arabistan, Persia. 



Emheriza citriniveutris P. L. Sclater, IjuII. B. O. C. xvi. 



