12 |. ]\rr. AV. K. O-ilvic Liiaut on Birds 



b. Iris brown; upper inaudible black, lower dusky"; legs 

 black. 



c. Iris browu ; bill dark ; legs brown. 



Specimen c, apparently a female, resembles a and b ; but 

 the primaries &c. arc browner, edged with pale whitish, and 

 the tail is much shorter (2*7 inches). 



[This Long-tailed Weaver is always to be seen in company 

 Avith Penthetriopsis wacrocerca or Urobraclnja Iraversi. 

 The male bird apparently does not get the long tail-feathers 

 till the second year's plumage. — L.] 



15. Penthetriopsis macroceuca. 



Penthetriopsis mucrocerca (Licht.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 13. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 223 (1890). 



a. (J imm. Baroma, Abyssinia, 11 .January, 1899. 

 (No. 153.) 



b. (^ . Baroma, Abyssinia, 11 January, 1899. (No. 157.) 



c. c? . Philwaha, Abyssinia, 16 February, 1899. 

 (No. 315.) 



a. Upper mandible reddish brown, lower lighter; legs 

 brown. 



b. Upper mandible black, lower steel-blue; legs black. 



c. Iris brown ; bill dark ; legs dark. 



Specimen a shows no traces of yellow shoulder-patches. 



[This bird is found in flocks with Penthetria laticauda; 

 but, though it occupies similar ground to Urobrachya traversi, 

 it ^vas never seen in company with that bird. I believe this 

 bird alters its coloration very much in the rainy season, the 

 Aving- and tail-feathers becoming at that time almost wholly 

 black.— L.] 



16. Urobrachya traversi. 



Urobrachya traversii Salvad. ; Sharpe, Cat. B.Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 226 (1890). 



a, b, c. J" c? ? • Lekamtc, Abyssinia, 16 March, 1899. 

 (Nos. 426, 427, 428.) 



Iris browu ; bill dusky ; legs browu. 



Specimen a is a male in the brown plumage, but with 

 the orange shoulder-patch Avell developed ; b and c are 



