Vol. XIV 
1897 RicHMonnD, Mew Birds from East Africa. Iss 
Boucard, the Museum series has been greatly enriched by the 
addition of many African birds as well as by a large number of 
specimens (several thousand) from various parts of the world. 
In the meantime, however, the great activity shown by Eng- 
lish and German naturalists in the ornithology of this region 
resulted in the discovery of many new species, among them sey- 
eral of those first collected by Dr. Abbott. In order to reserve 
for Dr. Abbott the credit of discovering a few new species in the 
Kilimanjaro region, it is thought best to publish with as little 
delay as possible descriptions of the ten species presented below, 
which were identified in a recent partial examination of his col- 
lection. It is hoped that a full catalogue of this very interesting 
collection may be given in the near future. 
1. Crithagra kilimensis, new species. 
Type. — No. 118331, U. S. N. M.; male adult, Mount Kilimanjaro, 6000 
feet, August 11, 1888; Dr. W. L. Abbott, collector. 
Top of head (including forehead), sides of neck, back, scapulars, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts almost uniform olive grayish brown (between olive 
and hair brown), most of the feathers with very slightly darker centres ; 
the head slightly darker than the back, the latter and upper tail-coverts 
with a slight greenish wash; lores blackish, a minute supraloral white 
spot, only noticeable on disturbing the feathers; feathers around the eye 
blackish, some of them with white bases ; a narrow supra-auricular streak, 
white, interrupted with dusky; cheeks, chin, and sides of face near base 
of bill blackish, the feathers with more or less concealed white at bases, 
except at base of chin; fore throat with some white on bases of feathers ; 
rest of throat, chest, sides of breast, ear-coverts, and remainder of cheeks, 
hair brown, with a slight olive tinge; some of the feathers of chest with 
darker centres ; centre of breast, abdomen, sides of body and flanks buff, 
darker on the first named, where obscurely streaked with hair brown, the 
streaks becoming more pronounced, broader and darker on sides of body 
and flanks; under tail-coverts dusky brown, broadly edged with buff; 
thighs dusky brown, tipped with buff; wings and tail blackish brown, 
each feather (except first primary and outermost tail feather) edged with 
greenish yellow; tertiaries with greenish white tips, mostly on outer 
webs; lesser wing-coverts olive green; middle coverts blackish brown, 
with olive green edges, and greenish white tips, forming a bar; greater 
coverts blackish brown, edged with greenish yellow, and tipped with 
greenish white, forming a second wing bar; alula and primary coverts 
blackish brown, narrowly edged with olive green ; axillaries maize yellow ; 
