1917-] i^^^ Birds of Yemen. 147 



1905, p. 39; id. Ibis, 1906, p. 813, pi. xv. : Kuryatcin, 

 Syrian desert. 



«. c?. Menaklia, 7000 ft. 26. xii.l2. 



h. S- Wasil, 4000 ft. 6. iii. 13. 



This rare Buntiug has only been known of recent years. 

 The types were obtained in February and March in 

 Arabistan in southern Persia, and the type of E. citrini- 

 ventris by Mr. Carruthers in April. In addition there are 

 two examples in the Britisli Museum collected at Bushire 

 in April by Messrs. Palmer and Curaniings respectively, 

 and one also obtained in April at ]\[al Amir in western 

 Persia by Mr. Woosnam. 



The two Bushire examples are both sexed female, and 

 they differ from the other four examples in the British 

 INIuseum (sexed male) in having the crown streaked like 

 the back and hardly showing any of the greenish wash so 

 noticeable in the males, while below the throat and chest 

 also show distinct traces of streaks, absent in the case of 

 the males. 



Fringillaria striolata. 



FringiUa striolata Lichtenstein, Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 21 : 

 Ambukolj Soudan. 



O.-Grant, 1900, p, 247. 



a. cJ . Menakha, 7000 ft. 18, i. 13. 



A single example of the Striolated Rock-Bunting was 

 obtained by Bury in Yemen, and there is another example 

 from the Abian district in the Aden Protectorate collected 

 by Percival and recorded by Ogilvie-Grant. This record 

 is wrongly referred by Beichenow to F. arabica. 



The species ranges from the Soudan to western India. 

 Whether any distinction can be drawn between the birds 

 of India and those of the Anglo-Egyptian Soudan is un- 

 certain, as there are no examples in the British Museum 

 from the Soudan proper, but examples from Somaliland 

 are certainly darker than those from India and have 

 been separated by Sharpe under the name of FrinyiUuria 

 saturutior, 



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