614 Messrs. Ogilvie-Grant and Reid on Birds 



15. LiNUKA nSCHERI. 



Linura fischeri Reichenow ; Graut, Ibisj 1900^ p. 123. 



a, b. (^ . Errer Gota, S. Abyssinia, 9th Dec. Nos. 213, 

 214. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs orange-red. 



The examples procured were two fully adult males. 



[We found Fischer's Weaver-Finch in the high trees 

 bordering the marshes of the Errer Gota River and never 

 in any other locality. — A. E. P.] 



16. Penthetria eques. 



Penthetria eques (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B.Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 220 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 285. 



a. c? . Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 25th Nov. No. 114. 



b. ($ imm. Roguecha, S. Abyssinia, 15th Feb. No. 509. 

 Iris, bill, and legs brown. 



The adult and immature males are in brown plumage, the 

 former having the shoulder-patch of an unusually dark 

 chestnut. The adult shows no sign of assuming the black 

 breeding-dress, and is similar in plumage to a male collected 

 somewhat further south by Mr. J. J. Harrison at Walamo, 

 6,700 feet, on 24th Feb. (Ibis, 1901, p. 285). 



Males obtained by Lord Delamere in the Kenya District 

 were in full breeding-dress by the beginning of February. 

 It is evident, therefore, that the nesting-season of this species 

 is later in the more northern parts of its range. 



[This Chestnut-shouldered Weaver-Finch was only ob- 

 tained in its immature and winter plumage. We never 

 observed one in the black breeding-plumage. — A. E. P.] 



17. Urobrachya traversi. 



Urobrachya traversii Salvad. ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 124. 



a. S . Lake Zwai, S. Abyssinia, 5tli Feb. No. 451. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dark brown ; legs brown. 



A male in brown plumage, with the orange shoulder 

 well developed. 



[Traversi's Weaver- Finch was seen in large flocks amongst 

 the grass and sedges on tiie edge of the lake. In February 



