from SomulUand and Southern Abyssinia. 125 



apparently an immature male and female without any traces 

 of orange on the shoulder. These specimens are a valuable 

 addition to the Museum collection, the only example there 

 being an adult male. 



[Avery local bird, but in large numbers where it is found. 

 On our westward journey from Addis Abbeba to Dabous we 

 passed through country inhabited first by this species, then, 

 during a few days' march, we saw only Penthetriojisis macro- 

 cerca, and then once more U. traversi only was met with, 

 the Long-tailed Weaver, Penthetria laticauda, remaining 

 constant throughout. — L.] 



17. Pyromelana franciscana. 



Pijroniehena franciscana (Isert) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 233 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 464. 



a. d" juv. Hado, Abyssinia, 24 December, 1898. (No. 24.) 



b. ($ . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 65.) 



c. ? . Lake Harrar Meyer, Abyssinia, 1 January, 1899. 

 (No. 73.) 



d. (S . Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 12 January, 1899. 

 (No. 164.) 



a. Iris, bill, and legs brown. 



b. Iris orange ; bill dusky ; legs light, 



c. Iris light brown ; bill dusky ; legs light. 



d. Iris brown ; bill light ; legs light. 



Specimens b and d are beginning to show some of the 

 black feathers of the breeding-plumage on the breast. 

 [Always in large flocks about the dhurra-fields. — L.] 



18. Pyromelana xanthomelana. 



Pyromelana xanthomelana (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit, 

 Mus. xiii. p. 239 (1890) ; id. P. Z. S. 1895, p. 464. 



a. S- Waha Zinzero, Abyssinia, 4 February, 1899. 

 (No. 288.) 



Iris brown; bill and legs dark. 



19. Ploceipasser melanorhynchus. 



Ploceipasser melanorhynchus (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 246 (1890), 



