470 Dn. n. B. SHARPS ON bikDS [May 21, 



Petronia pyrgita, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 296 (1888) ; 

 Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 195 (1894). 



a. S ad. Shebeli, Aug. 25, 1894. Iris light brown. 



h, e. c? 2 ad. Okoto, Sept. 7, 1894. Iris dark brown ; bill 

 light horn-colour ; legs grey. 



d. $ ad. Furza, Sept. 12, 1894. Iris brown ; bill and feet 

 grey. 



Mr. Lort Phillips only observed these Sparrows on one occasion 

 near the centre of the plateau. Heuglin only met with the species 

 in the wooded region on the western slope of the Bogos Mountains 

 towards the lowlands of Barka. According to Dr. Eeichenow, it is 

 found as far south as Teita. 



34. Sebinus donaldsoni. (Plate XXVII. fig, 2.) 



Serinus donaldsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. Club, iv. p. xli (1895). 



S. major. Similis S. capistratse $ , sed subtus concolor, riutture 

 minime mandato : hypocJiondriis nir/ro striolatis : fronte viridi, 

 •pileo concolore, anguste nigro strioJato : supercilio lato Jlavo : 

 notcpo viridi, plumis nigro medialiter striati.s ; uropygio Icete 

 jlavo distinguendus. Long. tot. 6"2 poll., culm. 0'55, alee 3"3, 

 Cauda 2"55, tarsi 0*65. 



a. (S ad. Smith River, Sept. 10, 1894. Bill flesh-colour ; iris 

 dark brown. Mr. Gillett also obtained a specimen in the 

 same district. 



This large species of Seed-eater is of the size of Sennus sul- 

 phnratiis, but has the colouring of some of the smaller kinds, such 

 as S. Jlaviventris. The characters given above, however, will 

 distinguish the species. It comes into the second section of the 

 genus Serinus, as given by me in the 12th volume of the ' Catalogue 

 of Birds,' p. 349, with the flanks streaked with dusky blackish, no 

 yellow frontal patch, but the eyebrow yellow. This would make 

 it an ally of S. capistratus, but it is enormously larger and has no 

 streaks or spots on the throat, the whole under surface being 

 bright yellow. It may also be considered a large edition of 

 S. imberbis, but its streaked flanks and the white margins of the 

 inner secondaries distingiush it. 



35. Seeinus maoulicollis. (Plate XXVII. fig. 1.) 



Serinus maculicollis, Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xli 

 (1895). 



cJ . S. hypochondriis distincte nigro striolatis : fascia frontali 



angusta, superciliis, mactda auricidari, gutture et pectore totis 



Icete jiavis : abdomine toto albo, distinguendus. Long. tot. 4*4 



p)oll,, culm. 0'35, (dee 2"7, caudce \-7, tarsi 0"6. 



5 mari similis, sed gula albida, torque gutturali nigro distin- 



guenda. Long. tot. 4*3 p)oll., alee 2"6. 

 This is a curious little Serin Pinch, which is apparently un- 

 named. The yellow colour of the bird is everywhere brighter than 

 in the Canary {Serinus canarius), which appears to be its nearest 



