from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 623 



Speke's Weaver-Finch in a very open grass country with a 

 few small thorn-trees. — A. E. P.] 



43. CiNNAMOPTERYX RUBIGINOSUS. 



Cinnamopteryx rubiginosus (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 468. 



a-c. S. Owaramulka, S. Abyssinia, 6th & 7th March. 

 Nos. 626-628. 



Iris recl-hrown ; bill black ; legs dusky brown. 



The three males are in almost full breeding-plumage. 



[We were at Owaramulka in December, but did not 

 see the Chestnut Weaver-Finch there till our return in 

 March, when we found it common among the tall trees. 

 —A. E. P.] 



44. Textor intermedius. 



Textor intermedius Cab. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 511 (1890) ; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 63. 



Textor aJhirostris Grant (nee Vieill.), Ibis, 1900, p. 134*. 



a. ^. Kassam River, S. Abyssinia, 21st Dec. No. 275. 



b, c. c? imm. Alaga, S. Abyssinia, 25th Feb. Nos. 575, 

 576. 



d. ? imm. Arbawun, S, Abyssinia, 11th Mar. No. 666. 



e. c?- Daira Aila, S. Abyssinia, 18th Mar. No. 696. 

 Iris brown ; bill red-brown ; legs dark brown. 



Textor intermedius appears to be barely distinguishable 

 from T. scioanus Salvad. 



[The Black Weaver-bird was observed feeding on the 

 ground with the Glossy Starlings and Hornbills — in flocks 

 of from twenty to thirty. Its nest, which is placed in high 

 trees, is built of large sticks, and is very large in proportion 

 to the size of the bird. — A. E. P.] 



45. DiNEMELLIA DINEMELLI. 



DinemelUa dinemelli (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 189f» 

 p. 469; Hawker, Ibis, 1899, p. 62; Grant, Ibis, 190}, 

 p. 286. 



* The specimen collected by Lord Lovat was correctly named and put 

 away in the collection, but by an unfortunate accident was wrongly 

 entered as T. albirostris. 



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