obtained in British East Africa. 621 



Poliospiza striolata (nee Riipp.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. 

 Ost-Afrikas, p. 196 (1894). 



Crithayra striolata affinis Richmondj Auk^ xiv. p. 157 

 (1897). 



No. 50. ? ad. Ravine, March 24, 1896. Iris hazel ; 

 bill brown, lower mandible dusky white; feet brown. Fairly 

 plentiful, in pairs. 



No. 153. 6 ad. Naudi, 6500 feet, July 5, 1896. Iris 

 brown ; bill horn-brown ; feet brown. 



No. 170. $ ad. Nandi, 8500 feet, Jnly 11, 1896. 



Nos. 185, 186. ? ad. Ravine, July 21, 1896. 



No. 193. ? ad. Ravine, July 23, 1896. Breeding in 

 July. 



No. 448. $ ad. Kikuyu, Jan. 31, 1897. Breeding. 

 Nest in bush, 3 feet from the ground. Three eggs, like 

 Bullfinch. 



No. 1062. 2 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 4, 1898. 



Not nearly so plentiful in Nandi as might have been ex- 

 pected, since the elevation and character of the country are 

 so similar to those of the Ravine, where the bird is so 

 common. 



Nos. 1099, 1100. 6 ad. Nandi, May 12, 1898. 



No. 1137. 6 ad. Nandi, May 23, 1898. 



No. 1267, $ ad. Nandi, July 3, 1898. 



[Mr. Jackson's series shoAvs a more buff-coloured under 

 surface than in the Abyssinian birds, which are white 

 below. The larger size of the latter, as mentioned by 

 Mr. Richmond, does not amount to much, and the actual 

 differences between Serinus affinis and S. striolatus are very 

 small,— R. B. S.] 



82. Serinus albifrons. 



Crithagra albifrons Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, pp. 118, 255. 



Serinus albifrons Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 22 (1896). 



No. 30. d ad. Ravine, March 8, 1896. Iris bright 

 brown ; bill dusky horn-brown, upper edges of lower man- 

 dible paler, fading into white underneath ; feet brown. 

 Appears to be fairly plentiful. 



