(487 ) 



2 ¥ ? , Laga Arba, 2. vii. 03. 

 1 cj ad., Karaba, 21. v. 03. 



1 <?, Mnln, 26. v. 03. 



2 ? ?, Bissidimo, September 1902. (No. 77, shot at nest, with four eggs.) 

 The eggs are of a very pale blue (held against the light and when looking 



through the hole they appear more greenish), strongly marked with dark ashy and 

 paler grey underlying spots and patches, and look just like brightly coloured gigantic 

 eggs of Passer domesticus. They measure 25-5 x 18-0, 26-6 x 10-6, 26 x 18-9, 

 26-7 x 19-7 mm. 



Dinemellia bdluni Rchw. is very distinct by its larger size, pale bill, and 

 some slight colour-differences. It seems to be a subspecies, representing D. d. 

 dinemelli in East Africa, from about the Tanganyika to the Victoria Nyanza. 



7. Plocepasser mahali ansorgei snbsp. now 



Snbspeciei Plocepasser mahali mahali dictae simillimus, sed caudae apicibus 

 albis mnlto latioribus hand difficile distiugneudus. 



Hab. Benguella. Typus : $ ad., Wawayella, Benguella, 12. vii. 04. W. J. 

 Ansorge coll. (No. 292.) 



The skins from Benguella differ conspicuously from South African P. mahali 

 mahali in having much wider white tips to the rectrices. On the lateral rectrices 

 the white tips extend on the inner webs for about 10 to 12 mm., while in 

 P. m. mahali they are only 1*5 to 2 - 5 mm. wide. The white tips to the greater 

 upper wing-coverts are generally wider, thus forming a very wide and conspicuous 

 bar, the back and upper wing-coverts, and especially the ear-coverts, are 

 generally somewhat darker, more blackish ; but these differences are very slight, 

 while the wide tips to the rectrices are very striking and constant. Dr. Ansorge 

 sent the following specimens : 



1 t? ad., 2 ? ? ad., 1 $ juv., Wawayella, Benguella, 12. vii. 04. " Iris 

 red-brown or brown, bill sepia-brown ( ?) or black-brown (J), feet purplish grey 

 or sepia-brown. Iris, feet, and bill in this species seem to vary greatly." (Nos. 

 291 to 294.) 



1 d ad., Katenge, Benguella, 18. vi. 04. " Iris mahogany, feet light brown, 

 bill black." (No. 05.) 



c? juv., Sandpits, Benguella, 10. vii. 04. " Iris orange-red, feet slate, bill 

 black-brown." (No. 277.) 



The young bird resembles the adult ones in every way. 



2d"? ad., Kipachango (Quileuges), Benguella, 20. i. 05. " 6 bill black, 

 ? bill light brown." (Nos. 304, 305.) 



1 c? ad., Kimahole River (Quileuges), Benguella, 29. i. 05. (No. 332.) 



1 cJ, Kasimo River (Quileuges), Benguella, 3. ii. 05. (No. 3322.) 



1 ¥ ad., Kitoko River (Quileuges), Benguella, 4. ii. 05. (No. 3333.) 



8. Plocepasser mahali mahali Smith. 



Cf. Reichenow, Vug. Afr. Hi. p. 11. 



<J¥, Griqnalaud, May 1871. T. Atmore coll. 



3 d 6 ad., Limpopo, 24. vi., 5. vii., 19. viii., 1886. A. W. Eriksson coll. 



1 ? ad., Windhoek, 16. x. 1877. A. W. Eriksson coll. 



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