212 SERIN US STRIOLATUS. 



The most southern range known to me for this species is 

 Great Arusha, where Fischer procured a pair in July. In the 

 Masai district it is abundant, and as these specimens do not 

 differ in any way from North Abyssinian birds it was unneces- 

 sary to call those collected by Dr. Abbott on the Kilimanjaro 

 mountain Grithagra striolata affinis. Besides the specimens 

 from Kilimanjaro, procured by Mr. Hunter and Sir Harry 

 Johnston, I have examined about a dozen others in the 

 collection of Mr. Jackson, who remarks : " Not nearly so 

 plentiful at Nandi as might have been expected, since the 

 elevation and character of the country are so similar to those 

 of Ravine, where the bird is so common." In Kikuyu, on 

 January 31, 1897, he found a nest placed in a bush three feet 

 from the ground, and on Mount Elgon shot a specimen at an 

 elevation of 11,000 feet. Dr. Hinde, while stationed at N'gong 

 in Masailand, found these Finches very common. 



The species has not been recorded from Somaliland, but 

 ranges over Abyssinia generally. In the southern part of that 

 dominion Lord Lovat shot a specimen at Gredda, and Antinori 

 records it as common throughout the year, near Mahal-Uonz, 

 where its note, a " zi-zi," is frequently heard near the dwellings. 

 He also procured specimens at Denz, and Dr. Ragazzi shot 

 others at Siotalit, Antoto and Let-Marefia. 



Riippell discovered the type in the more central part of 

 Abyssinia, and according to Heuglin it is not rare in this 

 country to as far north as Bogosland, and ascends the moun- 

 tains to a height of 11,000 feet. Dr. Blanford writes : " This 

 is not a very common bird, and it was only observed on the 

 higher levels, usually solitary but occasionally in flocks. I met 

 with it above 9,000 feet." He procured the species at the 

 Alagi Pass to the south of Antato and at Senafe, which are 

 the most northern localities yet recorded for this Finch. 



