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11. Coliuspasser laticauda Licht. (Red-hooded Whydah). 

 cJ 2, $ 1. 



12. Coliuspasser ardens concolor Cass. (Black Whydah). 

 (J 1. 



13. Coliuspasser soror Rchw. (Yellow-shouldered Wliydah). 

 (J 3, $ 1, (J imm. 1. AU common on the plains, with tlie exception of 

 C. laticaiida, which was rather few and far between. 



14. Coliuspasser hartlaubi humeralis Sharpe (Hartlaub's BuS-shouldered 



Whydah). 



(J 1. Not a common species, and difficult to procure. 



15. Spermestes cucullatus Sw. (Green-headed Manakin). 

 (J 1, ? 2. Common on edges of forests and in the grass country. 



16. Nigrita fusconota Fras. (Black-crowned Forest Finch). 



(J 1. This is the furthest east locality that I have met this species. It is 

 found in the forest and forest clearings. 



17. Nigrita sparsimguttata Rchw. (Black and Grey Forest Finch). 

 (J I . A few were seen on the mountain in the forests. 



18. *Cryptospiza salvadorii Rchw. (Salvadori's Crimson-winged Forest Finch). 



<J 3, $ 2. Rather more plentiful than one would expect, they keep to 

 the thick forest undergrowth in clearings and by paths, and are easily over- 

 looked. 



19. Estrilda paludicola Heugl. (Pale Waxbill). 

 cJ 1. Common in the grass country, especially in the vicinity of rivers. 



20. Neisna kilimensis Sharpe (Grey-headed Grass Finch). 



o 1, $ 1. I cannot see any constant difference between birds from 

 Western Uganda and those from Elgon, nor do the birds from Nairobi differ. 

 Vide N. nyanzae, Gg.-Grant, F.Z.S. 1910. 



21. Vidua serena Linn. (Pied Pintail Whydah). 



(J 2, 9 2. A fact which is worth notice here is, that the females \\hen 

 coming into fuU breeding condition assume a black or dark brown bill, not coral-red. 

 The coral-red bill is found only in yoimg birds in their second plumage, in males 

 in all stages except the nestUng phase, and in some females in the off season. 



A similar change is met with in adult females of Quelea nelliiopiai . but in this 



