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the back and wing-coverts less brightly coloured. Wing 

 75 mm. ; tail 50. 

 Hab. Yemen. 



Types in the British Museum : $ . No. 223, 16. i. 13 ; 

 ?. No. 91, 30. xii. 12. Menacha, 7000-8500 ft. G. W. 

 Bury coll. 



Obs. " The song of this species resembles that of a Sky- 

 Laxk." — G. W.B. 



POLIOSPIZA MENACHENSJS, sp. II. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. reichardi Reichenow, 

 originally described from Kakoma, German East Africa, and 

 which has recently been procured in South Abyssinia. 

 Above pale brown, with darker middles and paler edges to 

 the feathers of the head and back, giviug these parts a 

 distinctly streaked appearance ; underparts white streaked 

 with pale brown except on the chin, middle of the throat, and 

 belly. Feet pale raw-sienna. Total length, measured in the 

 flesh, 125 mm. ; wing 74; tail 55 ; tarsus 16. 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Wing 

 71 mm. 



Hab. Yemen. 



Types in the British Museum: $ . No. 354, 31 . i. 13 ; 

 ? . No. 254, 20. i. 13. Menacha, 7000 ft. G. W. Bury coll. 



Obs. This Seed-eater is smaller than its African ally, 

 P. reichardi, the bill being much less stout; it likewise lacks 

 the white margins to the feathers of the crown and the 

 marked white superciliary stripes. It is also more remotely 

 allied to P. leucopygius (Sundev.) (which is often included in 

 the genus Seriuus), but the latter may be at once recognized 

 by its white rump and white breast and belly. 



Cryptolopha umbrovirens yemenensis, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied 10 C. umbrovirens (Riipp.), 

 from Northern Abyssinia, but much paler on the underparts ; 

 the lores white, the throat whitish, the chest, sides of the 

 breast, and belly sandy-brown, a little darker on the sides of 

 the breast; middle of the belly whitish, thighs and under tail- 

 coverts pale buff. Iris dark brown j upper mandible slate- 



