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Range. North Mozambique. 
Type in Tring Museum. 6 ad., 6.8.18, Lumbo, N. 
Mozambique. Dr. van Someren Coll. 
Obs. The female resembles that of melba, but has the grey 
of the throat and breast darker. 
Pytelia percivali, sp. nov. 
The very distinctive female differs from all others of this 
group in having the head, neck, and breast very dark grey, 
and the mantle dark olive-green. 
The adult male resembles that of P. soudanensis, but is 
darker on the mantle and the barring on the underside 
darker. The lores are white, and separate the red of the 
crown from that of the throat. 
Wings, ¢ 63 mm., 2 59 mm. 
- Range. Loita Plains south to Nguruman Hills. 
Type in Tring Museum. 2 ad., 9.7.18, Loita. A. B. 
Percival Coll. 
Serinus pseudobarbatus, sp. nov. 
This new species of Serinus is very like Serinus icterus 
barbatus, but is much larger, and thus resembles somewhat 
S. punctigula of Cameroon. 
It differs from this latter in having the crown, mantle, and. 
upper rump paler greenish, with a grey tinge very finely 
streaked, the lower rump paler lemon-yellow, the upper 
tail-coverts greenish yellow. The underside brighter yellow 
and the bill much larger. The female is like the male, but 
has a white throat. 
Wings 68-74 mm. 
Range. South and North Kavirondo to N.E. Elgon. 
Type in Tring Museum. ¢ ad., 24.8.18, Fort Ternan, 
Kavirondo. Dr. van Someren Coll. 
Obs. This bird occupies the same area as S. dorsostriatus. 
Anthus blayneyi, sp. nov. 
This small Pipit is nearest to the brown form of Anthus 
brachyurus, named calthrope by Shelley ; it differs from that 
bird by being paler and much smaller, besides having the 
