618 DR. R. BOWJDliEK S1LARPE ON bibbs [Dec. 3, 



Petechia pybgita. 



Petronia pyrgita (Heugl.); Sharpe, antea, p. 302; Grant & 

 Keid, Ibis, 1901, p. 624. 



a. c? . E- of Boran country, Oct. 18, 1899. 



6. $ . Akara couutry, 2330 feet, Jan. 21, 1900. 



Passes gongotstensis. 



Passer cliff usus gongonmsis (Oust.) ; Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. 

 p. 43. 



a. $ . Orao Iiiver, Dec. 24, 1899. 



b,c. c? $ . Akara country, Feb. 16, 1900. 



Embeeiza poliopleuba. 



Emberiza poliojaleura Salvad. ; Sharpe, antea, p. 302 ; Grant & 

 Keid, Ibis, 1901, p. 626. 



a. Ad. Lake Rudolf, Dec. 9, 1899. 



Eringillaria saturatior. 



Pringillaria saturatior, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 47 (1901). 



a. 2 • Lake Stefanie, Dec. 4, 1899. 



This appears to be a very dark form of P. striolata, much 

 darker brown above, and with the head brown, not grey, the throat 

 and chest dull ashy brown, and the breast, abdomen, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts rufescent, not isabelline. 



Textor scioanus. 



Textor scioanus Salvad. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 508. 



a, b. J . Magois country, Jan. 28, 1900. 



c. 2 • Akara country, Eeb. 21, 1900. 



These specimens seem to be referable to T. scioanus, but have 

 scarcely any perceptible pale lining to the primaries, and even the 

 black-plumaged birds have no sign of any swelling at the base of 

 the culm en. 



Htphantornis tjenioftera. 



Hypliantornis tanioptera Reichenb. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 467. 



a-f. 6 2 ad. Magois country, Jan. 27, 1900. 



Six specimens, all more or less out of plumage, procured in the 

 Magois country on the 27th of January, 1900. Two of these 

 birds are apparently adult females, aud two are males about to 

 assume their full plumage ; and, although it is very difficult to 

 determine specimens in such incomplete dress, I refer them 

 to H. tcenioptera mainly on account of the coarse blackish striping 

 on the back, which seems to be one of the distinguishing: characters 



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