obtained in British East Africa, 623 



Serinus fagani Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. vi. p. vii (1896). 

 Machako's. 



a. 6 ad. Machako's, Oct, 4, 1895. Bill dusky horn ; 

 feet shrimp-brown. 



No. 275. 6 ad. Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 16, 1896. Iris 

 brown; bill brown, lower mandible horny white; feet flesh- 

 brown. In flocks and fairly plentiful. 



No. 367. $ ad. Guasa Molo river, Sept. 1896. Shot for 

 identification as it flew off its nest. Nest very small, on 

 branch of bush, about 6 inches from the ground. Egg (only 

 one) like a Linnet's. 



[There can be no doubt that my Serinus fa(/aniis the same 

 as S. reichenoun, of whicli Ave have lately received a specimen 

 from Mpapwa, presented by the Berlin Museum. — R. B. S.] 



81. Serinus dorsosthiatus. 



Crithagra dorsostriuta Reich. J. f. O. 1892, p. 72 (Kagehi, 

 Wembaeze), 



Serinus dorsustrialus (Reichen.) ; id. Vog. deutsoh. Ost- 

 Afrikas, p. 196 (1894); Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 22 (189S). 



No. 295. S . Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 18, 1896. 



[This species is very similar to the adult male of S. maculi- 

 collis, but has bright yellowish ear-coverts and a scarcely 

 defined moustachial streak, whereas in S. maculicoUis the 

 ear-coverts and moustachial streak are very dark greenish. 

 Count Salvadori's Serinus ccantholcema (Ann. Mus. Genov. 

 (2) xvi. p. 44) from Somaliland seems to me to be also re- 

 ferable to S. maculicoUis. — R. B. S.] 



85. EmBEKIZA FLAVIVENTHIS. 



Emberiza flaviventris (Bonn. & Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 259 (Kamassia) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 50 (Uganda) ; 

 id. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 194 (1894); Shelley, 

 B. Africa, i. p. 18 (1896). 



No. 206. d ad. Ravine, July 30, 1896. Iris brown; 

 bill dark brown, lower mandible horny Avhite, with a fleshy 

 tint ; feet pale horn-blue. The first one seen at the Ravine. 



No. 324. 6 ad. Kamassia, Aug. 23, 1896. Nest in 

 thorn (mimosa) bush, 3 feet from the ground^ made of grass^ 



