492 Mr. G. H. Gurney on 



amongst the native shambas near Theki, but not at all 

 commonly, and only two examples were obtained, both 

 females. 



23. Granatina ianthinogaster. Violet-eared Waxbill. 

 Uraginthus ianthinogaster Reichen. 



Iris and eyelids red; bill red; legs black. 



I shot the Violet-eared Waxbill at Naivasha and at 

 Kallima Theki : at the latter place there were generally three 

 or four pairs in the fence round the Ostrich boma. They 

 were charmingly tame and confiding, but I do not think 

 that they were breeding when I was there in April. 



24. Sporopipes frontalis. Speckled-fronted Weaver- 

 Finch. 



Sporopipes f/ontnlis Bp. 



Iris light brown ; bill pink; legs and feet flesh-coloured. 

 A single male was obtained at Nairobi on March 22nd. I 

 have no note of seeing it anywhere else. 



25. Melanotis anoplexis. Black-eared Scarlet Weaver- 

 Finch. 



Melanotis anoplexis (Lafr.). 



Iris brown; bill red; legs dusky red. 



W^e shot the Black-eared Scarlet Weaver-Finch only in 

 one place on the Athi River : a pair were in the tops of some 

 tall acacia-trees near our camp on January 30th, and the 

 following day we saw another bird in the same place. 



26. Heterhyphantes reichenowi. Reichenow's Weaver- 

 Finch. 



Heterhyphantes reichenowi (Fischer). 

 Iris cream-coloured; beak black; legs brownish. 

 Reichenow's Weaver-Finch was obtained at Nairobi and 

 Naivasha. 



27. SiTAGRA ocularia. Smith's Weaver-Finch. 



Sitagra ocularia (Gray). 

 Iris brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Smiths Weaver -Finch was not at all uncommon at 

 Naivasha and the scries of three males and two females in 



