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Serinus faganIj sp. n. 

 S. similis S.angolensi, sed mento gulaque pure albis, minime 

 nigro maculatis : torque guttural! e uiaculis magnis 

 nigris formata distiuguenda. Long. tot. 4'2 poll.^ 

 alse 2"55j caudse l'35j tarsi 9'5. 



CiSTICOLA HINDU, Sp. H. 



C. similis C. terrestri, et cauda eodem modo picturata, sed 



uropygio dorso concolori, minime rufescente, distin- 



guenda. Long. tot. 3"8poll., culm. 0'4, alse 2-1, caudse 



1-2, tarsi O'SS. 



These new species were discovered at Machakos Station, 



in British East Africa, by Dr. S. L. Hinde. The other species 



represented in his collection were Lamjirocolius sycobius, 



Spreo svperbus, Buphaga erythrorhyncha, Vidua principalis, 



Penthetria laticauda, P. eques, Drepanoplectes jacksoni, Pyro- 



melanaflammiceps, P. want home Icena, Lagonostida brunneiceps, 



Hyphantornis spekii, Mirafra africana, Pyrrhulauda leuco- 



parcea, Anthus rufulus, Macronyx croceus, Nedarinia kili- 



mensis, Cinnyris gutturalis, Lanius collurio, L. caudatus, 



L. humeralis, Phylloscopus trochilus, Cisticola erythrogenys, 



C. lugubris, Centropus super ciliosus, Coracias garrula, Irrisor 



erythrorhynchus, Elanus cceruleus, Limnocorax niger, and 



Oxyechus tricollaris. 



'' The station o£ Machakos," writes Dr. Hinde, " is situated 

 on the edge of a grass plain which stretches for some miles 

 coastwards. The plain is dotted with thorn-trees about 100 

 to 300 yards apart, and these small thorns are the only trees 

 in the neighbourhood. The nearest forest is at Kikuyu, 

 about 45 miles away. On the east side of the station is a 

 valley about 500 yards wide through which runs a stream 

 about 2 feet wide and 3 inches deep. The whole valley and 

 patches of the plain are cultivated. On the east side of 

 the stream the mountains rise abruptly, some points being 

 over 2000 feet above the station, which is itself 5300 feet 

 above the sea-level.''^ 



Dr. Sharpe exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Ruskin Butter- 

 field, the specimen of the Wall-Creeper [Tichodroma muraria) 



