150 EMBERIZA CABANISI. 



1899, at no great distance from Sodde in Shoa, where Dr. 

 Ragazzi discovered the type in August, 1886 : he considered it 

 to be a rare bird in that district, though he afterwards found 

 the species to be abundant at Gherba, where he collected five 

 specimens in July, 1887. In Southern Abyssinia, according 

 to Mr. Pease, it conceals itself in the lower parts of thick 

 bushes. 



Emberiza cabanisi. 



Polymitra (Fringillaria) cabanisi, Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1875, p. 233, pi. 2, 



figs. 2, 3 Camaroons. 

 Emberiza cabauisi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii. p. 503 (1888) Tlngasi ; 



Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1891, p. 390; 1897, p. 42 Togo; Shelley, B. Afr. I. 



No. 241 (1896); Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1899, p. 414 Gamhaga ; 



Alexander, Ibis, 1902, p. 295 Gambaga. 

 Fringillaria cabanisi, Eeichen. J. f. O. 1890, p. 124 Camaroons ; Hartl. 



Abhandl. nat. ver. Brem. 1891, p. 25 Njangabo. 

 Fringillaria orientalis (nee Shelley) Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 37 Tingasi. 



Adult male. Upper parts dusky-grey with blackish centres to the 

 feathers of the crown and mantle ; forehead and crown shading into black 

 on the sides leaving an ill-defined grey central band ; lower back and upper 

 tail-coverts more uniform. Wing dusky black, with paler greyish edges to 

 the feathers and broad white ends to many of the outer, median, and greater 

 coverts, forming two partial bands on the wing; inner lining of wing dusky 

 ash, inclining to white on the inner edges of the quills ; under coverts 

 strongly mottled with white. Tail dusky black, with white ends to the four 

 outer pairs of feathers, the white extending over half of the outer feather 

 and confined to terminal spots on the next three pairs. Sides of head black, 

 with a white eyebrow ; chin and upper half of throat white, which extends 

 onto the sides of the upper neck behind the ear-coverts ; remainder of sides 

 of neck grey ; lower throat and breast bright yellow ; under tail-coverts 

 white, with the base of the feathers dusky. Iris brown ; bill with the upper 

 mandible black and the lower one yellowish white ; tarsi and feet brown. 

 Total length 65 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 3-4, tail 3, tarsus 0-75. ? , 1. 1. 1. 

 Gambaga (Alexander). 



Cabanis' Golden-breasted Bunting ranges over Western 

 and Central Africa from about 10° N. lat. to 1° S. lat. 



The most northern and western range yet known for this 



