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POLIOSPIZA MENNELLI, E. C. Cliubb. E. 1584. (1 ]\I., 



2 F.) llesident. 



I., B., & L. light brown. Leno-. 131-132 ; W. 81 k 78 ; 

 Tl. 52-53; Ts. 13 & 11; C. 11. 



These are the specimens referred in tlie 'Check List' as 

 PoUospiza reicJiardi, Rchw., but they are obviously not of: 

 that species, the under surface being much whiter than 

 indicated in ( *apt. Shelley's 'Birds o£ Africa,' vol. iii. 

 pi. 24. tig. 2, and another figure in the " Journal fiir 

 Ornithologie," 1907, pi. i. 



Mennell's Seed-eater was not uncommon at Yilla Pereira, 

 where it w^as often observed on the tops of trees, calling 

 very much like P. gularis. 



Serinus icterus madaraszi, Rchw. R. 1598 a. (2 M.) 

 Resident. 



I. hazel ; B. dark brown above, paler below ; L, ashy 

 lirown. Leng. 103-105 ; W. G6-G7 ; Tl. 39-41 ; Ts. 13 ; 

 ('. 9-10. 



Large parties were often noticed in native gardens, and 

 they were often seen in cages constructed by the natives, 

 who were in the habit of slinging the cages by means of a 

 running string to the top of a high pole. 



Emheriza ma.jor (Cab.). R. 1615. (2 M.) Resident. 



L light brown ; B. max. dark brown, base paler, mand. 

 horn-colour, tip dark brown ; L. flesh-colour, tinged with 

 bluish. Leng. 102-170 ; W. 70-80; Tl. C8-70 ; Ts. 17-18 ; 

 C. 14. 



This Golden-breasted Bunting was not uncommon in open 

 forest, usually tlying from the grass when disturbed to the 

 lower branches of the nearest tree, and when approached 

 hiding themselves in the denser foliage higher \\\^. 



Emberiza flaviventuis, Steph. R. Idld. (1 F.) 

 Sei)tember. 



I. light brown ; B. max. dark brown, mand. horn-colour, 

 tip dark brown : L. dark flesh-colour. Leng. 157 ; AV. 78; 

 Tl. ('.5 ; Ts. 1<; ; C. 12. 



