from Somaliland ami Su?itlieni Ahyss'rnia. 017 



Iris l)ro\vii ; upper mandible black, lower dark red ; legs 

 dusky brown. 



This specimen is in the exact plumage of the adult female. 

 Possibly a mistake as to the sex may have been made. 



[The Many-barred Weaver-Finch is generally found near 

 water on open rolling grass table-lands; it makes a curious 

 clicking noise, which is very difficult to locate ; it towers 

 high in the air, and whilst in flight clicks continually ; it 

 falls rapidly to the earth, like a stone. — A. E. P.] 



25. Lagonosticta brunneiceps. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 277 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 285. 



a, h. $ imm. et ? . Dagu Delali, S. Abyssinia, 21st Nov. 

 Nos. 88, 89. 



c. $. Marko, S. Abyssinia, 11th Dec. No. 225. 



d,e. $ ?. Dalado, S.Abyssinia, 12th Dec. Nos. 228, 

 229. 



/. $ . Katyinwaha, S. Abyssinia, 13th Dec. No. 249. 



g. $ . Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 7th Mar. No. 635. 



Iris red or brown ; bill red, ridge black ; legs brown. 



[The Brown-capped Fire-Finch is numerous in small flocks. 

 —A. E. P.] 



26. Amadina fasciata. 



Amadina fas data (Gmel.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 406. 



a. $ . Dalado, S. Abyssinia, 16th Mar. No. 691. 



Iris brown ; bill slate-coloured ; legs light brown. 



[The Ribbon or Cut-throat Finch flies in dense packs and 

 alights in close order on the tops of bushes and trees. It was 

 seen only below the escarpment. — A. E. P.] ^ 



27. Pytelia affinis. 



Zonogastris melba affinis Elliot, Field Columb. Mus, Orn. 

 i. no. 2, p. 34 (1897) 



' ? Ptjtelia citeriur Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 128 [quite a young 

 bird]. 



a, b. J ? . Aruweina, Somaliland, 14th Nov. Nos. 40, 

 47. 



A very young female obtained by Lord Lovat on the Blue 



