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2. Phormoplectes insigiiis Sharpe. 



(J 4, ? 3, Jut. cJ 1, ? 1. Apparently a common species in the forests, 

 being met with in flocks or family parties or occasionaOy in pairs. They were 

 breeding in December. The eggs that I have taken are white. 



Birds from Nairobi do not differ, though there is some shght variation in 

 vving measurements. In some specimens the longest upper tail-coverts are jet- 

 black, others black tipped with oUve, others again entirely oUve-green. Those 

 with the uniform black feathers appear to be the old birds. In the nestling 

 plumage the crown of the head is a uniform oUve-green, which later on becomes 

 mixed with black, which in turn in the case of males is mixed with chestnut. 



3. Otyphantes reichenowi Fisch. (Reichenow's Golden-crowned Weaver). 



o 1, ? 1. Not so common in Uganda as in British East Africa. Obtained 

 on the edges of forests, not seen further in. 



4. Otyphantes stuhlmanni Reichenow (Stuhlmann's Black-headed Ohve Weaver). 

 (J 1, ? 1. Was plentiful. 



5. Hyphanturgus stephanophorus Sharpe (Yellow-faced Black Weaver). 



<J 2, ? 3, Juv. (J 1, ? 2. Breeding birds were shot in December and 

 January. Fairly common. 



One female has the brownish throat speckled with black. 



6. Hyphanturgus ocnlarius crocatus Hartl. (Black- throated Scrub Weaver). 



? 1 , Juv. S 1 . Met with on the plains and outskirts of forests, not in the 

 interior. 



7. Hyphantomis abyssinicus Jemininus Og.-Grant (Black-headed Great Yellow 



Weaver) . 



(J 1, Juv. <J 1. Was common on the plains and acacia country. 



8. Sitagra luteola Licht. (Little Black-faced Weaver). 



(J 3, ? 1. Apparently there is some considerable variation in the extent and 

 posterior margin of the frontal black band. In some specimens this margin is 

 curved forwards, in others well back. (Fresh specimens.) 



Found in the forest scrub along the rivers, it was not seen on Elgon. 



9. Ploceus superciliosus Shell. (Thick-billed Masked Weaver). 

 (J 1, ? 1, Juv. (J 1. Fairly common below Elgon. 



10. Euplectes xanthomelas Riipp. (Yellow-rumped Whydah). 

 <J 1, ? 2. 



