Dr. R. Bolim tells us " This prettily coloured weaver is common in 

 the neighbourhood of Kokoma and is found in little flocks, usually in 

 places where groups of trees standing together on expanses of grass form 

 a sort of park-land. I here mention that it constantly lives together 

 with Urolestes. (It may be reckoned as highly probable that the name 

 Kiungamcsi belonging to it, has been falsely mentioned to me for the latter 

 species also). Here from bushes, but preferably from the summit of 

 Acacia- trees he utters that loud, shrill, trumpet-like call which gives rise to 

 his name of Kiungamcsi. On the wing he utters a disconnected Kick Kick 

 like a woodpecker, and a low piep piep may be the expression of his 

 content. The Dinemelli weavers are clumsy and awkward in their 

 movements, their flight also is heavy and fluttering. Left to themselves 

 which is seldom the case as we have already seen, they maintain their 

 usual character. 



" The nests of this weaver, of which several are usually built together, 

 are generally placed at the summit of thorny Acacias. They consist of 

 large, rather untidy tufts of fine grass, mixed with single feathers and 

 large leaves and are entered by an opening in the lower side. They are 

 carefully fortified with twigs and sharply pointed little branches, which 

 surround not only the nest but are massed deep down and high up on all 

 the branches leading to it. On March 8th, I found a little pair building 

 on a wide spreading Acacia-tree in the Masika Lake, near Itimbua in 

 Wagalla, and on April 28th, I received a nest (without twigs) measuring 

 24 centimetres in diameter, containing a naked fledgling, which was dis- 

 tinguished by very swollen, yellow corners of its mouth. Two eggs also 

 which I received on May 14th, one addled, the other containing a large 

 embryo, are said to belong to the Tulich. They have a grey greenish- 

 white ground, covered with brownish-black spots and marks." 



" Plains near Pare, July 31st. Iris brown ; bill, bare skin round the 

 eye and feet black. 



" I encountered six of these weavers on the ground, among a number 

 of Notauges superbus. Their behaviour reminded me of that of the 

 Starling." (G. A. Fischer). 



