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MiRAFllA HYPKKMETRA GALLARUM^ Subsj). 11. 



Adult male and female. Differ from M. h. hypermetra 

 from East Africa in having the lesser series of upper 

 Aving-coverts bright rufous-cinnamon, those nearer the 

 margin uniform, those further inwards with blackish ante- 

 apical spots and with the greater part of the outer web 

 greyish. The upperside much greyer, with less brown and 

 rufous. Size about the same as that of M. h. hypermetra. 

 Apparently the very striking difference between the sexes 

 has not hitherto been emphasized. Wing, ,$ about 115-121, 

 ? 105 mm. The material in the British Museum confirms 

 the above diagnosis. 



Hah. Galla Country (Hawash River, Kassim River, Nar- 

 sam, Filoha). 



Type in the Tring Musenm : S, No. 2603. Bouta, 

 Hawash Valley, 2. vi. 1903 : Zaphiro coll. 



Serinus striolatus graueri, subsp. n. 



Adult. Differs from S. s. striolatus from Abyssinia and 

 from >S^. s. affinis, Richm. (which is with difficulty, if at all, 

 distinguishable from ^. s. striolatus), in having the upper- 

 surface much darker brown with yellowish-brown (almost 

 rufescent) instead of whitish-buff edges to the feathers; the 

 outer borders of the quills olive-brown with only a dull tinge 

 of greenish instead of yellowish-green ; the undersurface 

 less white, more tinged with buff; the throat with blackish- 

 brown shaft-lines on the tips of most of the feathers ; 

 and the under wing-coverts darker and of a browner tint. 

 "^ Iris dark brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower 

 mandible reddish-brown ; feet dark grey with a purplish 

 tinge," Wing about 68-70 mm. 



Hab. Mt. Ruwenzori, Equatorial Africa. 



Type in the Tring Museum : adult, No. 3571. Ruwenzori, 

 7000 feet: R. Grauer coll. 



Obs. Mr. Grauer, in whose honour this new form has 

 been named, collected two specimens at an elevation of 

 7000 feet. 



TURDINUS MOLONEYANUS IBOENSIS, Subsp. n. 



Adult male. Closely allied to T. m. moloneyanus from the 



