(520 Messrs. Og;ilvip-(Traiit and Rcirl on Birds 



a,b. S ? • Harrar, S. Abyssinia, 25th Nov. Nos. 115, 

 116. 



c. S . Choba, S. Abyssinia, 24th Dec. No. 300. 



d. ^ . Balchi, S. Abyssinia, 26th Dec. No. 316. 



e. S • Daba, S. Abyssinia, 7th Feb. No. 469. 



/. c? ? . Kora, S. Abyssinia, 10th Feb. Nos. 482, 483. 

 Iris brown; bill dusky pink, edges dark. 

 [The Cordon Bleu or Crimson-eared Waxbill frequents 

 low bushes and is very widely distributed. — A. E. P.] 



35. Granatina ianthinogaster. 



Granatina ianthinogaster (Reichen.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, 

 p. 132. 



a,b. c? ? • Hiiliil,S. Abyssinia, 3rd Dec. Nos. 164, 165. 



c. S imnn. Moulou R., S, Abyssinia, 13th Dec. No. 233. 



d,e. S ?• Arbawun, S. Abyssinia, 10th Mar. Nos, 

 661, 662. 



f,g. c? ?. Moulou R., S. Abyssinia, 15th Mar. Nos. 

 687, 688. 



Iris and eyelids red ; bill red ; legs black. 



The adult female differs from the immature bird in having 

 the bill red, the feathers above and below the lores and eye 

 whitish lilac, and the breast and belly spotted with white. 



[We found the Purple-bellied Amaduvade very common 

 on the low ground, where it frequents the bush. — A. E. P.] 



36. Anaplectes melanotis. 



Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 413 (1890) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 285. 



a. ? . Anjerra, S. Abyssinia, 30th Nov. No. 134. 



b. ? . HuUil, S. Abyssinia, 2nd Dec. No. 153. 



c. S ad. Quala, S. Abyssinia, 30th Jan. No. 425. 



d. S imm. Hoorsa, S. Abyssinia, 22nd Mar, No. 723. 

 Iris brown; bill red ; legs dusky. 



The only fully adult male has the back brown, as in typical 

 specimens of A. melanotis, and differs in a marked degree 

 from A. blundelli, which was obtained by Lord Lovat at 

 Beni Schongul, in Southern Abyssinia, to the west of the 

 Blue Nile. 



