SERINUS FLA.VIVERTEX. 189 



in 1866 Schlegel records them from these islands and remarks : 

 "Not observed in Madagascar." 



In confinement they should be fed, according to Mr. A. Gr. 

 Butler, on canary seed, white millet, spray millet, and in 

 summer-time given some green food. If an attempt is made to 

 breed with a pair, a bush of some kind, plenty of soft building 

 material, and some form of egg-food should be provided. 



Serinus flavivertex. 



Crithagra flavivertex, Blanf. Ann. and Mag. N. H. (4) iv. p. 330 (1869) ; 



id. Geol. and Zool. Abyss, p. 414, pi. 7 (1870) Adigrat. 

 Serious flavivertex, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xii. p. 351 (1888) Abyssinia ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1888, p. 274 Antoto; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, 



p. 257 Kikuyu; Eeichen. Vog. D. 0. Afr. p. 197 (1894) Arusha ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 281 (1896) ; Neum. J. f. 0. 1900, p. 288 



Kilimanjaro. 

 Chrysomitris citrinelloides (nee Eiipp.) Gigl. Ann. Mus. Genov. 1888, p. 13 



Shoa. 



Adult male. Upper half of the head golden yellow, shading off on the 

 nape and hind neck into olive slightly streaked with black ; mantle deep 

 ohve streaked with blackish centres to the feathers ; lower back and broad 

 edges to the tail-coverts yellow ; the tail, which is rather strongly forked, 

 has the feathers much pointed and are brown with yellow outer edges. 

 Wing brownish black ; lesser-coverts mostly olive yellow ; broad terminal 

 margins to the median and greater-coverts and partial outer edges to the 

 feathers, golden yellow ; inner lining dusky slate colour with the entire 

 pinion black ; axillaries washed with yellow. Side of head, with a black 

 patch in front of the eye, and most of the ear-coverts olive ; remainder of 

 the head golden yellow of the same shade as the under parts generally, 

 which pass into white on the centre of the abdomen ; thighs brownish white; 

 some blackish streaks on the flanks. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark horny 

 brown, with base of lower mandible greyish white. Total length 5-3 inches, 

 culmen 0-35, wing 3-15, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-55. <y , 4. 9. 89. Kikuyu 

 (Jackson). 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having less yellow on the head 

 and throat and all the feathers of the crown showing dark centres ; lower 

 back streaked with black ; centre of chest as well as the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts white, the latter streaked with blackish centres to the feathers. 



