TEXTOR BOEHMI. 

 BOHM'S WEAVER. 



PLATE I., Fig. 2. 



Alecto dinejuelli, Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 109. 

 Textor Bo/mn, Reichenow, Journ, fiir Ornith. 1885, p. 372. 

 Textor fLimoneresJ Bohmi, Reichw. Journ. fiir Ornith. 1887, p. 67. 

 Textor Boehmi, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 44. 



English. Bohiis Weaver. Grey-headed Weaver. 

 French. Tisserin de BoJim. 

 German. Bolim^s Webervogel. 



Habitat. Central East Africa. 



Female. Head, neck, and all tlie under-parts ashy white, darkest on the ear-coverts ; 

 mantle, back, wings and tail brownish black ; shoulders red ; speculum white ; tertials 

 faintly margined with pale buff ; rump, upper-and under tail-coverts scarlet, varied 

 with yellow ; thighs black : iris reddish brown ; lores and orbits, naked, bluish-black ; 

 bill brown, lower mandible pale brown ; feet brownish-black : length 84, wing_4"8, 

 tail 3-7, tars. 1% culm. 09. 



Ohserv. This bird being a female, and no doubt a young one, may account for its smoky 

 grey plumage. I notice that the new feathers on the head and breast are pure white; 

 the only substantial characters by which it can be separated from the female of 

 T. dinemelli, is the darker back wings and tail, and it is a trifle larger. 



It is with great reluctance that I separate this bird from the true Textor 

 dinemelli, knowing the changes to which the whole group of Weavers are 

 liable, even the localities, difference of climate, seasons and sexes cause 

 variation. 



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