Birds from the White Nile. 405 



Iris hazel ; bill pink ; legs and feet horn-coloured. All 

 five specimens are in winter plumage. 



[The Ethiopian Red-billed Weaver- Finch is very common 

 south of Kali a and goes in flocks along with Hyjjhantornis 

 taeniopterus. — 11. M. H.] 



12. Lagonosticta brunneiceps. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 617. 



a. ? . Goz-Abu-Gumar, 16th May. No. 4^77. 



bj c. S imm. et ? . Ed-Duem, 22ad May. Nos. 539, 

 540. 



Iris crimson ; bill crimson, ridge of culmen and suture of 

 lower mandible black ; legs flesh-coloured. 



[The Brown-capped Fire-Finch was not common ; I never 

 noticed it south of Goz-Abu-Gumar. — R. M. H.] 



13. Pyteha soudanensis. 



Zonoyastris soudanensis Sharpe ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 298 (1890). 



a. ? . Ed-Duem, 22nd May. No. 541. 



Iris light reddish brown; bill flesh-coloured, darker at tip; 

 legs and feet flesh-coloured. 



It is difficult to be certain that this identification is 

 correct. Both Pytelia soudanensis (Sharpe) and the allied 

 P. citerior Strickl. occur in the White Nile Valley, and the 

 females are apparently almost identical in appearance : 

 possibly that of P. citerior has the sides and flanks more 

 heavily barred. 



[The Red-faced Finch was only met with on a few occasions 

 in the neighbourhood o£ Ed-Duem. — R. M. H.] 



14. Spor^ginthus subflavus. 



Sporaginthus subflavus (Vieill.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 130. 

 a. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 19th Mar. No. 146. 

 b,c. c? ? . Fashoda, 26th Mar. Nos. 206, 207. 

 d-q. c? ? ad. et imm. Fashoda, 28th Mar. Nos. 215-227. 

 r. ? 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. No. 340. 

 s-u. c? imm. et ? ? . Kaka, 6th May. Nos. 439-441. 

 Iris crimson ; sides of bill crimson, black along the culmen ; 

 legs flesh-coloured. 



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