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head very grey, most of the feathers being in worn plumage, in marked contrast to the 

 reddish-brown mantle. 



Dr. B.eichenow thinks that the White-throated Sparrow should be known as Passer 

 grisea (VieilL, 1817), and there can be no doubt that the description of '^ Fringilla 

 grisea " agrees very well with examples of the present species ; but as Vieillot states 

 that the type came from the " United States," that it had a forked tail, and that its total 

 length was only 4| inches instead of 6 inches, I prefer to use the name given by 

 Smith to the South African bird in 1836. 



[The Common Grey-headed Sparrow was not found on Ruwenzori above an altitude 

 of 7000 ft., and was rarely seen above 5000 ft. — R. B. W.^ 



Serinus icterus. 

 Serinus butyraceus Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 193 (1902). 

 Serinus icterus barbatus (Heugl.) ; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 271 (1904). 

 Serinus icterus Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 280 [Lake Tanganyika]. 



a, i. d et ? imm. 120 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 8th Dec. [Nos. 37, 38. 

 R. E. B.l 



c,d. 6 2. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th April. [Nos. 3274, 3275. 

 R. B. W.'\ 



e-l. 6 ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 3rd-22nd May. [Nos. 278. R. E. D. ; 



d. d. d. d. 



1523, 1524, 1592, 1593, 1605. D. C; 2370. G. L.] 



m, n. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E, Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 15th & 16th June. [Nos. 455, 

 459. R. E. Z>.] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown; bill brown or dark brown (two marked 

 black, R. E. D.) ; feet brown or dark brown. 



[The Common Yellow-fronted Canary was met with throuohout the journey from 

 Lake Victoria to Fort Beni in the Semliki Valley, but it was not met with on 

 Ruwenzori above an altitude of 6000 ft. — R. B. W.] 



Serinus graueri Hartert. 



Poliospiza striolata Jackson (nee Rupp.), Ibis, 1906, p. 560 [Ruwenzori]. 



Serinus striolatus graueri Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 84 (1907). 



Serinus graueri Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 280 [Mufumbiro Volcanoes]. . 



d. 

 a~c. 6 ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 28th Dec. [Nos, lObo, 



1064. B.C.; 2033. G. L.] 



d-l. 6 ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., lst-20th Jan. [Nos. 



102. R. E. B. ; 1084, 1173. B. C. ; 2054, 2079, 2083, 2089. G. L. ; 3C65. R. B. W.'] 

 m,n. 6 2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 and 10,500 ft., 8th & 20th Feb. 



[Nos. 163. R. E. B. ; 3155. R. B. W.] 



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