404 Mr. W. R. ()-ilvic-(}rant on 



b. S- 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 12tli April. No. 335. 



c-y. S ? . Kaka, 2nd May. Nos. 420-424. 



Iris hazel ; bill liovn-colourcd ; lej2;s dusky. 



All the spcciracnsi are adults in non-breeding plumage, 

 and from the scarlet-orange colour of the shoulder-patch 

 there appears to be little doubt that they belong to this 

 species and not to U. traversi Salvad., which has the 

 shoulder-patches yellowish orange. 



[I never met with the Fire-shouldered Weaver-Finch north 

 of Kaka. It went in flocks and fed on the recently-burnt 

 ground near the river and the swamps. — R. M. H.] 



9. Pyromelana franciscana. 



P y r omel ana f ran CISC ana (Isert) ; Witherby, p. 2J7; Grant 

 & Reid, p. 614; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p.'ll. 



a. ? . Fashoda, 1st April. No. 278. 



Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible dusky, lower pale horn- 

 coloured ; legs and feet dusky. 



[The Orange Weaver-Finch was generally met with in 

 flocks with other Weaver-birds. — R. M. H.] 



10. PyROiMELANA ladoensis. 



Pyromelana ladoensis (Rcichenow) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 224 (1890). 



a-d. S ? . Fashoda, 25th March to 1st April. Nos. 182, 

 181, 277, 279. 



e. ? . 20 miles N. of Faslioda, 13th April. No. 338. 



Iris hazel ; bill dusky, paler on lower mandible ; legs and 

 feet dusky. The males are still in winter plumage, sliCAving 

 no trace of the yellow and black breeding-dress. 



[The Lado Weaver-Finch was fairly common and was met 

 with in flocks of P. franciscana and other allied species. — 

 R. M. H.] 



11. Quelea ^thiopica. 



Quelea cethiopica (Gray) ; Grant & Reid, p. 616. 



a-c. ? . Fashoda, 25th and 26th March. Nos. 180, 

 204, 210. 



d, e. S '^ ' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. 

 Nos. 336, 337. 



