410 ZOOLOGY. 



211. Pytelia citerior, Strickl, 



Strickland, Contributions to Omith. 1852, p. 150. 

 Ustrijda eUgans, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 278. 

 Zonagastris citerior, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 19. 



Iris sienna brown ; beak light red ; legs flesh colour. 



Occasionally met with near the coast, and also in the 

 Anseba valley up to 4,000 or 4,500 feet above the sea. 



The bill in my specimen measures nearly half an 

 inch. Von Heuglin gives i^ Paris lines. 



212. Emberiza septemstriata, Eiipp. 



Lefeb. p. 120.— Brehm, Habesch, No. 96.— Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 86, 

 t. XXX. f. 2 ; Syst. Uebers. No. 299.— Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1868, p. 77. 



Iris dark brown; upper mandible dusky, lower yel- 

 lowish ; feet horn colour. 



Abundant at places where water occurred near the 

 coast, as at Saati, AUat, &c. in Samhar, in July and August. 

 Found also at Ain, and more rarely at higher levels. I 

 shot one specimen at Senafd at the end of May. 



Von Heuglin is probably correct in considering this 

 Bunting as a permanent inhabitant. It very likely 

 leaves the coast plain, however, in winter, like many 

 other birds. 



In Elippell's description of this species the sexes are 

 said to be similar, and the head is described as black 

 above with a white streak in the centre. In the speci- 

 mens collected by me the male alone has the head black 

 above, and the central stripe above is grey, not white, 

 the three side stripes, through the eye and above and 

 below it, being white ; the chin is white with a central 



