280 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



Serinus sharpei Neumann. 



Serinus sharpei Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 287 ; Reich, 

 iii. p. 266 (1904) ; Swynnerton, Ibis, 1908, p. 26. 



Serinus s/ie//ey« Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. xi. p. 184 (1903). 



Serinus sulphur atus Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 206 ; Swynner- 

 ton, Ibis, 1908, p. 26. 



Nos. 5033, 5035. a, b. c? ? • Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 

 5000 ft., 18th & 19th Nov. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet brown. 



These birds belong to the smaller yellower-breasted form 

 of S. sulphuratus, which has been separated by Professor 

 Neumann under the above heading. 



Though typical large-billed, green-breasted examples of 

 S. sulphuratus (Linn.) from Cape Colony differ considerably 

 from typical examples of ;S^. sharpei from East Africa, a 

 series of birds from the intermediate localities shews that 

 the two forms grade imperceptibly into one another. As 

 regards S. shelleyi Neumann, we entirely agree with Dr. 

 Reichenow in regarding it as synonymous with S. sharpei. 

 This form may be said to range from Uganda southwards 

 to Natal, but birds from the latter locality are intermediate 

 as regards the greater size of the bill and length of the wing, 

 and in the amount of greenish wash on the breast. 



The bird obtained at Helvetia by Mr. D. M. Stanley and 

 mentioned by Mr. Swynnerton (above, p. 26) under the 

 name of S. sulphuratus is now in the British Museum. It 

 is a typical example of S. sharpei. 



Serinus icterus (Vieill.). 



Serinus butyraceus (Linn.); Shelley, iii. p. 193 (1902). 



Serinus icterus Grant, Ibis, 1905, p. 206; Swynnerton, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 27. 



No. 5113. a. ? . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 2800 ft., 29th Dec. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Serinus graueri. 



Serinus striolatus yraueri Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xix. 

 p. 84 (1907). 



