135 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
50. Passer swainsoni. 
Passer swainsoni (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 334 (1888); Salvad. Aim. Mas. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 278 
(1888). 
a . £ . Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 23.) 
b. ?. Baroma, Abyssinia, 10 January, 1899. (No. 150.) 
c. £. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. 
(No. 239.) 
a. Iris brown; bill black ; legs brown. 
b and c. Iris brown; bill dark; legs brown. 
[Common throughout Abyssinia.—L.] 
51. POLIOSPIZA TRISTRIATA. 
Poliospiza tristriata (Biipp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xii. p. 345 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann, Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 276 (1888). 
a. £ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 30 December, 
1898. (No. 57.) 
b. £ . Derm, Abyssinia, 5 January, 1899. (No. 113.) 
c. £ . Kosso, Abyssinia, 8 February, 1899. (No. 305.) 
Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs brown. 
[Usually met with in pairs. This Finch is more an 
inhabitant of woods than of cornfields.—L.] 
52. Serinus icterus. 
Serinus icterus Bonn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 356 (1888). 
a. $ imm. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 387.) 
b. £ imm. Bilo, Abyssinia, 10 March, 1899. (No. 394.) 
a. Iris brown ; bill and legs dark brown. 
b. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs black. 
An immature male and female, apparently of this species* 
[Met with in the valleys of Central and Southern Abys¬ 
sinia.—L.] 
53. Serinus striolatus. 
Serinus striolatus (Rupp.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 363 (1888) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 271 
(1888). 
