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breast and belly and not to P. t. pal/idior Lort Phillips, from 

 the Wagga Mountains. 



In Sir F. J. Jackson's collection there are two adult male 

 examples of a species of PoUospiza obtained at Mangiki, 

 Mount Elgon, 6000 ft , in June and August, 1900. These 

 specimens have been ideutified as P. tristriata,hnt are really 

 very distinct and have a much longer wing. 



The most closely allied form appears to be P. leucuptera 

 from South Africa, which has the same double band across 

 the wing, formed by the whitish tips of the median and greater 

 coverts ; but in that species the bill is much stouter, and 

 the wing is much shorter. 



I have therefore described the bird from Mount Elgou 

 as : — 



POLIOSPIZA ELGONENSIS. 



PoUospiza elgonensis Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxxi. 

 p. 17 (1912). 



Adult male. General colour above earthy-brown, super- 

 ciliary stripes white and extending to the occiput ; feathers 

 of the crown edged with whitCj giving these parts a 

 distinctly streaked appearance ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of the throat dark earthy-brown : median and 

 greater wing-coverts and outer margins of the quills, 

 especially the innermost secondaries, whitish, the light tips 

 of the wing-coverts forming two bars across the wing ; chin 

 and middle of the throat whitish, with a few faint streaks of 

 browuish ; breast and sides of the body pale brown, in- 

 distinctly mottled with whitish, belly and under tail-coverts 

 whitish. Wing 82-85 mm. (3-2-3-35 inches) ; tail 57-58 mm. 



The present species resembles P. reichardi Reich., in the 

 coloration of the upperparts, but the breast and sides are 

 not streaked. It seems quite certain that P. elgonensis is 

 not the fully adult of P. reichardi for the latter has been 

 found breeding in its striped plumage. 

 Hab. Mount Elgon, 6000 ft. 



Type in the British Museum: S- Maugiki, 14. vi. 00. 

 Presented by Sir Frederick J. Jackson. 



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