342 Dr. R. 13 . Sliarpe on 



Serinus icterus. 



Serinus icterus (Vieill.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 269 (1904). 



Nos. 557, 704. S ? ad. River Ja, May 23, 1904, to June 

 18, 1904. 



[All these specimens of ;S^m«?/.9, "vvhich appear to belong to 

 two species, were obtained on weedy waste-ground about the 

 villages, where they come to eat the ripe seeds of a species 

 oi Senecio. — Cj. L. B.] 



Passer griseus. 



Passer diffusus (A. Snaith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 336 

 (1888). 



Passer griseus (Vieill.) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 230 (1904). 



a-d. S ad. Efulen, Jan. 7, 1902, to April 1904. " Mva- 

 kume.^^ 



Nos. 2321, 2525. S ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, March, May. 



[This is the scavenger of the village streets, and is never 

 seen far from a village. It is one of the very few birds that 

 the native boys refuse to eat. The reason they give is that it 

 feeds on filth!— G. L. B.] 



Emberiza cabanisi. 



Puli/milra [Fringillaria] caAai^i*^ Reichenow, J. f. O. 1875, 

 p. 233, pi. ii. figs. 2, 3. 



Emberiza cabanisi Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 503 (1888) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, iii. p. 150 (1902) ; Reichenow, Vog. 

 Afrikas, iii. p. 283 (1904). 



Nos. 189, 364. S ? ad. Efulen, Feb. 



Nos. 603, 689, 1378, 1570, 1640, 1916. S ? ad. et juv. 

 River Ja, May 1904 to Aug. 1906. 



Nos. 2534, 2535. S ad. Bitje, River Ja, May 1907. 



The female agrees closely with a hen bird obtained by 

 Emin Pasha at Tingasi (c/. Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 37). 

 It is a browner bird than the male and has the white bands 

 on the wings less pronounced than in the latter. It is also 

 less bright underneath, the yellow colour being tinged with 

 saffron, while the cheeks and throat are isabelliue. The 



