Birds from Saul/ieni Abyssinia. 583 



district and at Elgeyu iu the Karaassia Mountains, also by- 

 Mr. A. B. Percival at Kauro. A pair were collected by 

 Zaphiro at Metti, to the north of Lake Stefanie. 



77. Serinus icterus barbatus. 



Serinus icterus (Bonn.); Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 135. 



Serinus icterus barbatus Neumann, J, f. O. 1905, p, 354. 



I am not quite satisfied about the identification of the 

 birds procured by Zaphiro at Guma, Gofa, and Djaoula, to 

 the east of Lake Rudolf, 



The bill is rather thicker and heavier than in S. icterus, 

 and all the specimens lack the light yellow edges to the 

 median and greater wing-coverts, which in most examples of 

 S. icterus and S. i. barbatus, both old and young, form a 

 conspicuous double bar across the Aving. It must, however, 

 be remarked that one of the four adult males killed on the 

 9tli of July at Gofa shows traces of yellowish edges to the 

 coverts, and new yellow-tipped feathers are moulting in. 



78. Serinus xanthopygius. 



Serinus xanthopygius Riipp. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 136; Shelley, iii. p. 220 (1902). 



A single example of Riippell's Yellow-rumped Canary was 

 procured at Djaoula, in Gofa, at an altitude of 8200 ft. It 

 is a rare bird in collections, though Heuglin says that it is 

 to be met with in pairs and flocks on the stony districts of 

 the Abyssinian highlands. Lord Lovat obtained a specimen 

 at Gerru, to the north of Addis Abbaba ; and, according to 

 Hartlaub, specimens procured by Emin at Ugogo are 

 referable to this species, iu which case its range extends 

 a long way to the south. 



79. Serinus reichenowi. 



Serinus reichenoivi Salvad. ; Shelley, iii. p. 219 (1902). 



Eeichenow's Canary was met with at Baku, Mircha, at the 

 north end of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, Gamo, Walamo, 

 Lakes Koya and Helene, and Bourka in Arussi. Zaphiro 

 appears to have found it rather a common species and 

 Sir A. E. Pease found it numerous at Kora, to the north 

 of Lake Zwai, but Professor Neumann does not record it. 



