— 156 — 



Wing, tarsus, bill, 



158 mm. 34 mm. 29 mm. c? ad. 



157 mm. 32 mm. 29 ram. cf ad. (moulting). 



154 mm. 32 mm. 29 mm. cf ad. 



149 mm. 33 mm. 28 mm. cf ad. (moulting). 



144 mm. 33 mm. 30 mm. 9 ad. 



140 mm. 33 mm. 26 mm. d* juv. 



131 mm. 30 mm. — cf juv. 



hides reddish ; bill and legs black. 



Ploceidae. 



Ploceus insignis insignis Sharpe. 

 HetcrypJiantes insignis Sharpe. — Bannerman: Ibis 1915, p. 516. 



3 S6 ad. 23. 5., 28. 5., 6. 6.; 1 Q ad. 31. 5. Mount Elgon, 7.500 ft. 



This race was rather common below the slopes of Mount 

 Elgon and I have come across it both in the acacia-country and 

 in the interior of the forests. 



The males are in full dress but the female has not yet 

 assumed her full plumage, for a number of the feathers of the 

 throat are black with yellow tips and the wing-coverts have all 

 a narrow, brownish white edge (exactly as in the youug bird). 

 Wiug, tarsus, 



87 mm. 21.5 mm. cf, 



86 mm. 21 ram. cf. 



84 mm. 22 mm. d*. 



80 mm. 21 mm. 9- 



Hill black; legs brownish-grey or brownish-yellow. 

 Bannerman states (Ibis 1915, p. 516 — 517) that there 

 is no difference between Mount Elgon birds and Cameron birds. 



Floceus insignis ornatus Granvik. 



PI. 3. 



2 (5(5 ad. 18. 4. ; 1 (5 juv. 18. 4.; 1 Q juv. 18. 4. Kiambu. 



That form of insignis occurring in the Nairobi country 

 differs very considerably from the typical Elgon form. — v. So- 

 meren (Ibis, 1918, p. 280) says that "birds from Nairobi do 

 not differ, though there is some slight variation in wing measure- 

 ments", but my three cf specimens from the Nairobi country all 

 have a brownish red, radiate band below the back throat, while 

 the Elgon specimens, on the other hand are uniform yellow. As 

 a rule they have not, as the latter, the flanks greenish yellow 

 or greenish but yellow. 



