372 Lieut. C. W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



? . Tsavo River. 3rd August. "Wing 76 ram. 



f^ . „ 15th August. ,, 75 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs light brown. 

 Quite common and tame in thick bush-country. 



Eml)eriza flaviventris. 



Einberiza fiaviventris Stephens, Gen. Zool. ix. pt. 2, 1815, 

 p. 374 [Cape] ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. 1902, p. 143. 



$ . Thika. 5th September. Wing 82 mm. 



(^ . Ithanga Hills. 5th October. „ 85 mm. 



Iris dark brown; bill dark; legs light brown. 



This species was common on the high ground, its place 

 in the desert country being taken by the last species, 

 E. jjoliopleura. 



Passer griseus gongoiiensis. 



Pseudustruthus gonyoiiensis Oustalet, Le Nat. 1890, p. 274 

 [Gongoni, nr. Mombasa]. 



Passer crassirostris Shelley, B. Afr. iii. 1902, p. 255 

 [part.] . 



Passer griseus gong onensis Zedlitz, J. f. O, 1911, p. 36. 



$ . Tsavo. 19th July. Wing 95 mm. 



(^ . Tsavo River. 24th July. „ 96 mm. 



Iris dark brown; bill dark; legs light brown. 



Oustalet's Sparrow was common close to Tsavo Station. 



Petronia pyrgita massaica. 



Gymnoris pyryita massaica Neum. Bull. B. O. C. xxi. 1908, 

 p. 70 [Shendi, White Nile]. 



$ . Tsavo River. August. Wing 86 mm. 



Mirafra fischeri. 



Meyalophonus fischeri Reichw. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 266 [Rabai, 

 Mombasa]. 



Mirafra fischeri Shelley, B. Afr. iii. 1902, p. 43, pi. xvi. 

 fi"-. 2. 



S . Ithanga Hills. 1st October. Wing 74 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark ; legs flesh-colour. 



Fischer^s Bush-Lark was common in the Ithanga Hills 

 district. It flies up to a point in the air like a Pipit, and 

 then descends. It makes a loud clapping noise as it rises. 



