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on to the forehead, which resembles the rest of the head : " bill dark 

 blood-red, lighter at the tip ; feet clear orange, claws horn-colour ; 

 eyelid orange-red; iris brown" {G. A. Fischer). Total length 

 4-8 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-9, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-75. 



Adult female. Apparently not distinguished from the female o^ 

 Q. quelea : " bill dull straw-yellow ; eyelid yellow ; iris brown " (G. 

 A. Fischer). Total length 4'7 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 2"7, tail 

 0'55, tarsus 0'75. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa, extending to the Zanzibar district on 

 the east coast. 



a. 5 ad. sk. 



b, c, d. c? ad. ; e. 

 2 ad. sk. 



/. d ad. sk. 

 g. $ ad. ak. 

 h, i. (S $ ad. sk. 

 k, I. d 2 ad. sk. 



m, n. S 2 *id. sk. 



0. [ 2 ] ad. sk. 

 p. (S ioim. sk. 



q. d" imm. sk. 

 r. d juv. sk. 

 8. Ad. sk. 



t. Ad. sk. 

 M. Juv. sk. 

 V. Ad. sk. 



Sennaar. 



Ailat, Samhar (JEsler). 



Ailat, June 29, 1868 ( mjesse). 

 Ailat, June 29, 1808 ( W. J.). 

 Ailat, June 29 (W. J.). 

 Ailat, June 29, 18G8. 



Bejook, Bogos Land, July 18, 



1868 ( JV. Jesse). 

 Abyssinia (von Miiller). 

 N.E. Africa {Hemprich 8f 



Ehrenherg). 

 Kordofan. 



Shoa, April (0. Antinori). 

 Kilima-njaro. 



Lamu, E. Africa {Sir J. Kirk). 

 Lamo {Sir J. Kirk). 

 Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 H.C.V. Hunter, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



5. Guelea russi. (Plate X. lig. 6.) 

 Ploceus russi, Finsch, Gejied. Welt, 1877, p. 317. 



Adult male. Similar to Q. quelea, but without any black on the 

 head or throat, the ear-coverts being light sandy buff ; the crown 

 and under surface of body in old birds being deep rosy pink. Total 

 length 4-8 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-6, tail 1'45, tarsus 0*7. 



Hab. Transvaal, probably extending into West Africa, but the 

 exact distribution is unknown. 



a. (J ad. sk. [West Africa ?] 



b. cJ ad. sk. [W^est Africa {L. Frrtser).] 



c. 2 3d. sk. Gambia *. 



d. d ad. sk. Trans\-aal {T. Ayres). 



e. Ad. sk. Pinetown, Natal ( T. Ayi-es). 



f. (S juv. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 



3\Aj m {T. Ayres). 



g. 2 ad. sk. Maragaz, Bogos Land, July 



27, 1868 ( W. Jesse). 



* Doubtful. Perhaps the female of Q. csthiopica or whatever the species 

 may be from Senegambia. I have not seen authentic specimens from the 

 Gainbian region. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 SheUey CoU. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



