208 SERINUS LOUISA. 



culmen 0-65, wing 3-5, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-75. S , 12. 2. 99 (Graut and Forbes). 



Adult female. Differs only in the crown and nape being browner, 

 and the throat fading into tawny brown on the lower half. ? , 10. 2. 99. 

 (Graut and Forbes). 



Immature. Differs in the forehead and crown being like the back, 

 brown with dusky brown centres to the feathers ; wings and tail as in 

 adults ; sides of head dusky blackish towards the bill ; ear-coverts uniform 

 brownish buff; throat brownish buff, with dark brown streaks; breast and 

 under tail-coverts white, the chest and sides of body strongly striped, with 

 dark brown centres to the feathers. 



The Socotra Golden-winged Canary is a native of the 

 island of Socotra. 



This species was discovered by Prof. J. B. Balfour, who 

 found them " on the shrubs in the Goehel valley, feeding on 

 seeds of a species of Croton ; " and collected four immature 

 males, one of which has been well figured, and differs greatly 

 from the adult which has been figured and described under 

 the name of R. riebecld, after Dr. Riebeck, who procured a 

 pair in full plumage at Karegnigi, April 28, 1881, about one 

 month after the species had first been discovered. 



Serinus louisae. 



Rhynchostruthus louisae, Lort Phillips, Bull. B. 0. C. vi. p. 47 (1897) 

 Somali; id. Ibis, 1898, p. 398, pi. 8. 



Adults. Very similar in plumage to B. socotrana, but differ in the 

 colouring of the head and throat. Forehead and crown brown like the 

 mantle ; front half of sides of head, the chin and upper throat black ; ear- 

 coverts and sides and front of neck ashy brown, or stone colour, like the 

 breast. Length i-9 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 29, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-65. 

 Type, S , 31. 1. 97. Somali (L. Phillips). 



Immature like that of B. socotrana, but with the crown more uniform 

 and the head and neck of a more ashy grey shade. 



The Somali Golden-winged Canary inhabits Somaliland. 

 Mr. Lort Phillips discovered, the type, an adult female, at 

 Sheikh, Jan. 31, 1897, and shot an immature male on the 



