428 Mr. V. G. L. van Soraeren on Birds 



Poliospiza reichenowi. 



^ 1-2. 27.xi.12 ; lO.vi. 13. 

 ?. 10.vi.13. 



Common at certain times of the year in certain places. 

 They are partial local migrants. We found them breeding 

 from May to July, and from December to January. The 

 nest is serine in character. The eggs, two to three, are 

 small and of a bluish-white ground spotted Avith brownish- 

 black. The nest is usually placed in some low bush, but 

 we have taken it as high up as forty feet. 



Localities. Embu, Kikuyu, and Nairobi, in British Ea&t 

 Africa. 



Poliospiza somereui. 



Serinus angolensis somereni Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xxix. 

 1912, p. 63: Uganda. 



S 1-3. 2o. x\. \0 [type of the species); 2^. \\.\0;20.i\.U. 



?. 13.ii.09. 



Not common. This species was described by Dr. Hartert 

 from a pair of birds. Other birds have since been secured. 

 It is a dark species. 



Localities. Sebwe Plains and Kyetema, in Uganda. 



Poliospiza striolata aflRnis. 



Crithagra striolata affinis Richmond, Auk, 1897, p. 156 : 

 Kilimanjaro, G. E. Africa. 



(5^ & ? , and nestlings. 10. xii. 13 ; 14. xii. 13 ; 5. vii. 13. 



A common species found in the well-timbered gardens 

 and in the scrub-country. They were found nesting from 

 March to July and again from November to January. The 

 nest is composed of rootlets and twigs, into which is woven 

 a quantity of grass and moss, the inside is lined with 

 vegetable- down, fibres, and hairs. The eggs are creamy- 

 white or bluish-white with dark brown speckling. Tlie site 

 chosen for the nest is generally some low bush or creeper. 

 Nestlings resemble the adults in general colour, but are 

 duller. 



Localities. Nairobi and Nakuru, in British East Africa. 



