collected in East Africa. 259 



breast and flanks; tliiglis brown; under ■wing-coverts and 

 axillaries ashy brown ; quills dusky brown below, ashy along 

 the edge of the inner Meb. Total length 5*5 inches, culmen 

 0"45j wing 3 "25, tail 2*1, tarsus 0"55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male. Total length 5*5 inches, 

 culmen 0*5, wing 3*1, tail 2*15, tarsus 0*55. 

 Nos. 23 & 24. Elgeyo, July 8, 1890.— Irides brown; bill 

 dusky horn ; legs brown. First seen to-day. Breeding. 

 Sings very sweetly, like a Linnet. 



This species is apparently different from all the other 

 species of Poliospiza by reason of the streaks on the throat 

 and breast. In this respect it resembles the young of 

 P. gularis, but is easily distinguished by its white under 

 surface. 



58. Emberiza flaviventris. 



Emheriza Jlaviventris (Bonn, et V.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. xii. p. 499; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 367 (Useri river). 



No. 32. (^ ad. Kamassia, July 11, 1890. — Irides brown; 



upper mandible black, lower brownish horn ; legs dusky 



flesh-colour. 



This is a large form of F. flaviventris with much greyer 



flanks, the grey colour extending over the Avhole of the sides 



of the breast, but 1 cannot separate it specifically from that 



species. 



59. Fringillaria septemstriata. 



Fringillaria septemsti'iata (Riipp.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 171 (Shoa),vi. p. 209 (1888) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 559. 

 No. 174. c? ad. Turquel, Suk, Jan. 15, 1890.— Irides 



brown ; legs pale fleshy brown. Very plentiful along 



the stony banks of the rivers in the hills. 



60. Fringillaria tahapisi. 



Fringillaria tahapisi (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 558 (1888). 



Emberiza capisiraia, Licht. ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 73 

 (Kagehi). 

 No. 44. <S ad. Ulu, Ukambani, Jan. 3, 1889. 



