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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on Birds 
a. S . Gedda, Abyssinia, 1 February, 1899. (No. 282.) 
Iris hazel ; bill and legs dark. 
54. Serinus xanthopygius. 
Serinus xanthopyqius Rupp.: Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xii. p. 365 (1888). 
a. S . Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 296.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs dark. 
55. Serinus reichenowi. 
Serinus reichenowi Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 272 (1888) [Shoa]. 
a, h. $ ? . Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. 
(Nos. 25, 26.) 
Iris brown ; bill and legs dusky. 
The well-marked w r hite eyebrow and spotted chest serve 
at once to distinguish this species from the closely-allied 
S. xanthopygius Rupp. 
56. Emberiza hortulana. 
Emberiza hortulana Linn.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. 
p. 530 (1888); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. p. 268 
(1888). 
a } b. S S- Balti, Abyssinia, 23 January, 1899. 
(Nos. 269, 270.) 
Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 
[The Ortolan inhabits the high plateaux of Central 
Abyssinia where a few trees are to be found.—L.] 
57. Emberiza poliopleura. 
Fringillaria poliopleura, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xxvi. 
p. 269 (1888) [Shoa]. 
Emberiza poliopleura Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 471 ; 
Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 49. 
a. S’ Acabsiyo, Somaliland, 17 December, 1898. 
(No. 15.) 
b. S- Hawash, Abyssinia, 16 January, 1899. (No. 208.) 
a. Iris brown ; bill and legs horn-colour. 
b. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs light. 
The examples of this rare species agree with Salvadori’s 
