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lor. Drepanoplectes jacksoni Sharpe. 



A good series of this tine bird, described aud beantifiili}- ligiired in the Ibi.^, 

 1S91, p. 246, pi. 5, was obtained at Nairobc on January :51st, IsOO. The adult 

 malen have the " iris dark brown ; ieet mauve-black ; bill light greenish with 

 black near gape aud along the edges of the lower bill."' ? " Iris dark brown ; 

 feet light brown ; lower brownish grey." 



\/ los. Penthetria eques (Hartl). 



Holuln River (tributary of the «emliki), Congo Free State, 2. 5. 1809. t? ad. : 

 " Iris dark brown ; feet black ; bill slate-blue." 



ln'.i. Urobrachya phoenicea (Heugl.). 



Bauda ((Jhagwe), in Uganda Proper: Kikanjii, in Torn: Hululu River, in the 

 Congo Free f>tate. 



'^ llii. Pyromelana uigrifrons Bohm. 



SS. Kasesi, in Torn, and Fort George. ''Iris dark brown : feet pale brown ; 

 bill black." In both these specimens the chin shows irregular black spots. 



111. Plocepasser melanorhynchus Riipp. 



S ad. and nestling, Campi-ya-Simba, 13. 1. 1899. <? ad. : "Iris red-brown," 

 nestling, " Iris dark grey." Colour and markings of the nestling are exactly as in 

 the adult male ! 



112. Philetaerus arnaudi Bp. 

 t 'ampi-ya-Simba, IT. 1. 1899. " Iris red-brown." 



113. Spennestes stigmatophorus Kchw. 



Tambuc, Government station on ferry across Ituri River, twenty-second Jay 

 m Great African Forest from Fort Be'ni. 



114. Spei-mestes friugilloides (Lafr.). 



From various places on the Ituri River. 



The difference in size between various individuals is remarkable, but it does 

 not seem to be geographically limited. Some specimens from Liberia before me 

 look much darker on the back, but they have been in spirits, although this is 

 not said on the labels. 



llo. Lagonostica brunneiceps Sharpe. 



Mondo, in Uganda Proper. (See Ansorge's "Under the .\frican Sun," 

 Appendix, p. 345.) 



