MAY, 1909. BIRDS FROM BRITISH EAST AFRICA DEARBORN. 185 



The males in this series represent a variety of conditions of plum- 

 age, from the female dress to that of the adult male. 



205. Coliuspasser laticaudus (Licht.). 



Fringilla laticauda Lichtenstein, Verzeichniss der Doublett.n des 

 Zoologischen Museums der Universitat zu Berllin, 1823, p. 24. Nubia. 



cT, d\ d\ cT, d\ d\ Nov., Nairobi. 

 d\ Sept., Mt. Kenya. 



206. Coliuspasser eques (Hartl.). 



Vidua eques Hartlaub, Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 

 London, 1863, p. 106, pi. 15. Unyamwezi Country, German East 

 Africa. 



d\ 9 , 9 , Nov., Tana River. 



See GRANT amd REID, Ibis, 1901, p. 614, seasonal plumages. 



207. Hyperanthus capensis xanthomelas (Rupp.). 



Euplectes xanthomelas Ruppell, Neue Wirbelthiere zur der Fauna 

 von Abyssinien, Vogel, 1835, P- 94- Abyssinia. 

 d\ d, d 4 , d\ (5\ 9 , 9 , 9 , 9 , 9 , Jan., Kijabe. 

 d\ d 4 , c?, Feb., Lake Elmenteita. 

 cT, Nov., Tana River. 

 cJ 1 , Jan., Naivasha. 



208. Vidua macroura (Pall.). 



Fringilla macroura Palla, Vroeg's Catalogue, 1764, p. 3. 

 d\ cT, c?, Dec., Lucania. 

 c?, cf, c?, Apr., Voi. 



209. Hyphantornis spekei Heuglin. 



Petermann, Mitteilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer 

 Anstalt, 1 86 1, p. 24. Northern Somaliland. 

 d\ d*, d*, d 1 , Oct., Nairobi. 

 d\ Jan., Naivasha. 

 d 1 , Nov., Athi River. 



210. Heterhyphantes reichenowi (Fisch.). 



Sycobrotus reichenowi Fischer, Journal fur Ornithologie, 1884, 

 pp. 180,181. Lake Naivasha, British East Africa. 

 d 1 , d\ 9 , , 9 , 9 , Nov., Tana River. 

 d\ d, 9 , Jan., Naivasha. 

 d\ d*. Jan., Kijabe. 

 d, ? , March, Molo. 

 d, Nov., Nairobi. 



