collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 429 



Serinus shelleyi. 



Serinus sharpei Neura. ; ReichenoAv, Vog. Afr, iii. p. 266 

 [part.]. 



S 1-2. 8. xi. 12 ; 4. xi. 10. 

 ?. 5.ii.09. 



Not very common. Tliey are to be found in gardens and 

 in the more open parts of small woods, and in the scrub. 

 They nest in small trees and bushes, or iu the comb of a 

 banana-bunch. The nest is composed of rootlets and grass, 

 and lined with fibre and hair. The eggs are pale blue spotted 

 sparingly with dark brown and liver. Nests have been 

 taken from April to July and in October and December. 



Localities. Jinja and Kyetema^ in Uganda ; Kisumu, in 

 British East Africa. 



Serinus dorsostriatus. 



S 1-3. 13. vii. 12 ; 10. vi. 12 ; 10. vi. 12. 

 ?. 10. vi. 12. 



Fairly common, especially on the north shore of Lake 

 Victoria. These birds were found nesting in acacia-trees, 

 in Cape lilac, and rubber-trees, in June and July, and also in 

 November and January. The nest is small and is composed 

 of fibres and rootlets lined with fibres and hair and cotton- 

 down, or with cotton-down on the outside. The eggs are a 

 pale blue, spotted and streaked with dark brown or black, 

 or they may be uniform blue. The birds from Kisumu are 

 very much brighter golden green than any birds from the 

 type- locality in the Tring Museum. 



Localities. Jinja, in Uganda ; Kisumu, in British East 

 Africa. 



Serinus icterus barbatus. 



S 1-4. 15. vi. 10 ; 6. v. 12 ; 23. iii. 12 ; 3. x. 10. 



(J juv. 24.i.l2; 1. iii. 12. 



? . 6. v. 12. 



These birds nest in low bushes and trees, and in banana- 

 bunches. The nest is composed of rootlets lined with cotton 

 or hairs. The eggs are whitish or greeny bluish with brown 



