ubtuiued in Br'itisli East Africa. 619 



browu ; bill horu-colour, the lower mandible horny white; 

 feet brown. Suaheli name '' Chiriko." 



No. 1200. ? . Nandi, 6500 feet, June 11, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill pale brown, the lower mandible dusky white ; 

 feet olive-brown. Scaice ; observed in pairs. 



74. Passer swainsoni. 



Passer swainsoni (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 257 

 (Ulu); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 20 (1896). 



No. 34. ? . Kibwezi, March 7, 1892. This is the common 

 Sparrow of the country. 



No. 298. ? Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug-. 19, 1896. Iris 

 hazel; bill black; feet pale brown. Plentiful. 



75. Passer diffusus. 



Passer lUjf'usus (Smith) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 50 

 (Uganda) ; id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 195 (1894) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 20 (1896). 



No. 48. ? . Ntebi, Oct. 2, 1895. Iris liazel; bill dusky 

 horn ; feet dusky brown. 



No. 1095. ? . Nandi, 6500 feet. May 10, 1898. Iris 

 brown; bill slaty black; feet brown. 



7<6. Passer emini. 



Passer emini (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 257 (Njemps) ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 20 (1896). 



Sorella emini Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 0^t-Afrikas, p. 196 

 (1894). 



No. 309. S imm. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 20, 1896. 

 Iris brown; bill dusky black; feet brownish flesh- colour. 

 Fairly plentiful. 



Nos. 364, 365. ? ad. Guasa Molo river, Sept. 19, 1896. 

 Iris brown ; bill dusky brown ; feet flesh-colour, with a bluish 

 tint or greenish horn-colour. 



77 . Petronia pyrgita. 



Petronia pyrgita (Heugl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 296 (1888) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, 

 p. 195 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 19 (1898). 



No. 468. ?. Ravine, Feb. 19, 1897. Iris light brown; 



