430 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



markings. The nest is found from April to July and from 

 December to January ; it contains two to three eggs. 

 Young birds still being fed by their parents were shot in 

 May and January. These differ from the adults in being 

 duller ; the ear-coverts are green ; the frontal and super- 

 ciliary stripes are narrow, and there is no black line on 

 either side of the throat ; the rump is green, not yellow. 



Localities. Jinja, Kyetema, Kabamba, and Butiti, in 

 Uganda ; Kisumu, in British East Africa. 



Spinus citrinelloides frontalis. 



S %c ^ . 3.x. 10; 4.V. 12. 



Not common. They build their nests in banana-combs 

 and in low bushes. The nest is composed of grass and 

 cotton-down, and lined with fine grass-fibres. The eggs are 

 dirty white or creamy, spotted towards the larger end with 

 dark brown and purply markings. Two are usually laid. 

 Nests have been taken in May and June. All these Serines 

 are good singers. 



Localities. Butiti and Kyetema, in Uganda. 



Spinus citrinelloides kikuynensis, 



Spinus citrinelloides kikuyuensis Neumann, J. Ornith. liii. 

 1905, p. 356 : Kikuyu, British East Africa. 



S. 10.vi.l3. 



?. 10.vi.l3; ll.vi.13; IS.vii. 12. 



The Black-faced Serine was fairly common. We took 

 their nests from May to July and in December. The nest is 

 small and is usually placed in the fork of a small upright 

 shrub. It is made of grass and a few rootlets, and lined 

 with fibres and hair and vegetable-down. The eggs are 

 a dirty creamy-white or greyish white, with a few brown 

 and purply spots and marks. Two or three eggs are laid. 



Localities. Kisumu, Embu, Kikuyu, and Nairobi, British 

 East Africa. 



Emberiza flaviventris. 



$ 1-2. 27.ix. 10 ; 21.viii. 10. 



Found in the open scrub-country in pairs, not very common. 



Localities. Kyabalenga and Kyetema, in Uganda. 



