— 165 — 



Xanthophilus xanihops Hartl. — Rchw. III. p. 88. 



3 (5(5 ad. 14. a. 18. 4.; 1 Q ad. 18. 4. Kiambu. 



As my four specimens of this Weever-bird were shot in 

 the Nairobi country they should be placed under X x. caniburni 

 Sharpe, inasmuch as the "terra typica" for this form is just 

 Nairobi. — v. Someren (Ibis, 1916, p. 412) mentions this bird 

 from Majanji in Uganda. 



But Og. -Grant has shown (Zool. Res. Ruw. Exp., 1910, 

 p. 278) that the form described by Sharpe is only a juvenile 

 stage of X. xantops, which is certainly correct. It should 

 differ from the latter in having a wing -measurement of only 

 84 mm. and bill 18 mm., while the former has a measurement 

 of 80—93 mm. and 19 — 21 mm. resp. 



Irides dirty white-yellowish grey; bill pale flesh-coloured. 



Xanthopilus hojeri ([Hartl. & Finsch] Cab.). — Rchw. III. p. 92. 

 6 (5(5 ad. 26., 27. a. 29. 4.; 1 Q 29. 4. Mombasa. 



Very common in the Coastland. In the town of Mombasa 

 itself, in the gardens and parks, and in the environs one saw it 

 almost everywhere and Bannermann (Ibis, 1910, p. 683) 

 mentions that they were nesting by the hundreds in the gardens 

 of the Mombasa Club. 



Wing, tarsus, 



72—79 mm. 22—23 mm. cfcf 



65 mm. 20 mm. 9 



Irides dark- brown-reddish yellow; bill pale flesh-coloured. 



Quelea sanguinirostris aeihiopica (Sund.). — Rchw. III. p. 109. 

 1 (5 20. 6. Mount Elgon. 



Occurred sparingly in the bush-plain below the eastern 

 slopes of Elgon. This individual was found in the company 

 of Anomalospiza imherbis. 



The under surface is whitish. Interspersed all over with 

 pale rose-coloured feathers. Upper tail-coverts greyish brown; 

 some of the feathers rose-coloured. 



Wing 65 mm.; tarsus 19 mm. 



Irides dark-brown; bill purple-red; legs yellowish red. 



