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by having a distinctly white forehead nearly 0'2 inch in width. Two other specimens 

 from Roromo, Kikuyu, as well as one from Nairobi and one from the Waso Nanyuki 

 River, Western Kenya, agree with the type in having the forehead white. 



In four males the measurement of the wing varies from 3T5 to 3 - 4 inches, and in 

 one female it is 32. 



Fifteen adult specimens of S. Tcilimensis, from the Mau Escarpment, Eldoma Ravine, 

 and Nandi, have the forehead entirely brownish-black, with scarcely any trace of 

 white, and are on the whole rather larger than typical examples of S. albifrons. In 

 eight males the wing-measurement varies from 3'35 to 3'7 inches, and in seven females 

 it varies from 3 - 35 to 3"55. 



Two male specimens in the Jackson Collection from Mount Elgon (one some- 

 what immature) have the belly conspicuously washed with rufous-buff, and in this 

 respect nearly resemble birds from Nandi, which have the belly brighter than in birds 

 from the Eldoma Ravine and Mau Escarpment. The wings of these two specimens 

 measure respectively 3'6 and 3'55 inches. 



At Toro and on Ruwenzori a rather smaller-billed race is met with, and, like the 

 bird found on the Mau Escarpment, has scarcely a trace of white on the forehead. 



It will thus be seen that the form which ranges from Ruwenzori to the Mau Escarp- 

 ment is different from typical S. albifrons from Kikuyu, and should no doubt bear the 

 name of S. kilimensis (Richmond), with which I have identified it. 



The immature bird agrees with the description of the young of S. albifrons given by 

 ( 'aptain Shelley, but the throat is almost uniform black, with barely a trace of the 

 whitish cross-bars characteristic of the adult. 



[The Western Brown Canary was met with on Ruwenzori from an altitude of 

 5500 feet up to 8500 feet ; it was, however, a very rare bird, and was not met with 

 anywhere else. — R. B. W.~\ 



Serinus sharpei Neumann. 



Serinus sharpei Neumann, J. f. O. 1900, p. 287; Reich. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 266 (1904) ; Grant, 



Ibis, 1908, p. 280 [Mufumbiro Volcanoes]. 

 Serinus shelleyi Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. xi. p. 184 (1903). 

 Serinus imberbis (Cab.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 203 (1902). 



a. 6 . 150 miles W. of Entebbe, 5000 ft., 12th Dec. [No. 1055. I). C.~] 



b. 6 . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 20th Sept. [No. 3586. R. B. W.] 



c. 2 . Mubuku Valley. E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 30th Dec. [No. 57. R. E. I).] 



d. 8 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 19th May. [No. 2369. G. L.] 



Adult wale and female. Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill brown, olive-brown, or 

 born-colour ; feet brown or dark brown. 



Serinus shelleyi Neumann bears a much closer relationship to S. sharpei Neumann 



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