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46. Textor albirostris. 
Teoctor albirostris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 508 (1890). 
a. d • Kassim river, Abyssinia, 20 January, 1899. 
(No. 242.) 
Iris brown; bill reddish brown; legs brown. 
47. Chrysomitris nigriceps. 
Chrysomitris nigriceps (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xii. p. 222 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p.274 
(1888). 
a. d • Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 279.) 
Bill and legs black. 
48. Chrysomitris citrinelloides. 
Chrysomitris citrinelloides (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xii. p. 229 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 274 (1888). 
Chrysomitris melanops (Heugl.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xii. p. 229 (1888). 
a. d- Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 55.) 
b. ? . Warabili, Abyssinia, 3 January, 1899. (No. 100.) 
c. ? . Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 388.) 
Iris brown; bill and legs dark. 
[We usually met with this Siskin singly or in pairs, in 
company with flocks of Quelea cethiopica. —L.] 
49. Petronia dentata. 
Petronia dentata (Sundev.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xii. p. 295 (1888). 
Xanthodira dentata Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 277 (1888). 
a. ?. Maritchi, Abyssinia, 22 March, 1899. (No. 443.) 
Iris brown; bill dusky ; legs slate. 
The female before us apparently belongs to this species, 
though it is rather darker on the upper parts, and has the 
rufous-white superciliary stripes more strongly marked than 
in any of the female examples in the British Museum Collec¬ 
tion. The bill is, moreover, slightly longer. 
