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found on the same tree but, as a rule, only one is occupied, 

 and it proved to be so in this instance, for, out on the tips of 

 the slender branches of a low bush, about 2 meters from the 

 ground there hung two nests, only one of which was occupied. 

 The nest was semi-globular iu shape with the entrance from 

 below. The measurement from the outer edge of the entrance- 

 hole to the farther side of the nest was 20 cm. The entrance 

 of the nest itself was 5 cm. across and the walls of the nest 

 were thick and firm, built of dry grass-stems, but were lined 

 with different kinds of grass fibres. The nest hung in the fork 

 of two branches, and long, tough grass-stems, twined into the 

 walls, were twisted round these branches, letting the nest hang 

 freely, so that even if the wind set the branches swinging, the 

 nest kept the same position. 



The egg, found in the nest, measured 22.5 X 16 mm. and 

 weighed 0,51 gr. The shell is dull glossy white, with large or 

 small brown and brownish red spots over the whole surface. 

 The larger spots, which are in the majority, measure up to 4 

 or 5 mm. long and 2-3 mm. wide gathered in a feeble attempt 

 to form a calotte at the thick-end. The ground spots are bluish 

 grey and greyish violet. The egg resembles an egg of Sitta 

 europaea but also strongly recalls the eggs of Hyphantornis 

 jamesonii (Swynnerton, Ibis 1916, PI. XIX, 12.) 

 Wing, tarsus, culmen, 



83 mm. 24 mm. 20 ram. cf ad. 



81 mm. 24 mm. 20 mm. cf ad. 



81 mm. 25 mm. 20 mm. cT ad. 



78 mm. 24 mm. 20 mm. 9 ad. 



78 mm. 23.5 mm. 20 mm. 9 ad. 

 81 mm. 23 mm. 18 mm. cT juv. 



79 mm. 23 mm. 19 mm. cf juv. 

 Irides yellowish white; Kill black; legs brownish yellow. 

 Clarke has decribed a bird from Mombasa (Bull. Brit. 



Orn. Club, vol. XXXI, 1913, p. 32), Heteryphantes golandi, the 

 male of which is like the female of H. reichenowi. But as I have 

 not seen any specimen of the bird in question I cannot express 

 any opinion as to its position with reference to reichenowi or 

 other forms. 



Hyphanturgus stephanophorus (Sharpe). — Rchw. III. p. 43. 



Heteryphantes stephanophorus Sharpe : Ibis 1891 , p. 171. — Ploeeus 

 stephanophorus Eeichenow : (op, cit.). — Hypanturgus stephanophorus 

 V. Someren: Nov. Zool. 1918, p. 280. 



1 Q ad. 17. 6. Mount Elgon. 



1 saw this interesting Weaver, whose nearest ally, H. melano- 

 gaster, is found in West Africa, a few times on the eastern slopes 

 of Elgon. V. Someren (Nov. Zool. XXV, 1918, p. 280) says 



