680 Mr. D. A. Banncrman on a Collection of 



14. Lagonosticta niyeo-guttata (Peters). 

 Hypargos niveoguttatus Reich, iii. p. 157. 



a, b. <J. Takaungu, 28th March, 1901. (No. 150.) 



c, d. ? . Mt. Kilimanjaro, 8th Feb. to 9th March, 1902. 

 (Nos. 227 & 228.) 



Bill and feet slate-coloured; wattle round the eye very 

 faint blue. 



[Not uncommon in the thick bush, but difficult to obtain, 

 as it can only be seen when at close quarters. It comes to 

 the paths, after rain, to drink. — A. B. P.] 



15. Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps Reich, iii. p. 1!H>. 

 a, b. S- Takaungu, March 1901. (Nos. 113, 11 1.) 

 c, d. M'buguni, 6th Feb., 1902. ( Nos. 224, 225. ) 

 [This was the commonest \Yaxbill ; it was usually found 

 in pairs, but sometimes in small flocks of ten or a dozen 

 individuals. Even then the birds were together in pairs. — 

 A. B. P.] 



L6. AMADINA ALEXANDER] Neum. 



Amadina fasciata alewanderi Neum. Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. 

 p. 43 (1908). 



Amadina fasciata Reich, iii. p. 14G (part.). 



u-c. S ? • Near Mt. Kilimanjaro, 18th Jan., 1902. 



These specimens are all typical examples of Amadina 

 ahxandcri. Professor Neumann has renamed A. sudanensis 

 Alexander as A. f. alexanderi. 



[All these birds were obtained out of one flock at a pool 

 of fresh water about fifty-five miles north of Kilimanjaro ; 

 this was the only water to be found for miles, and thousands 

 of birds came there to drink, including Sand-Grouse, Pigeons, 

 Guinea-fowl, &c. — A. B. P.~\ 



17. Pytelia afra (Gmel.). 

 Pytelia afra Reich, iii. p. 162. 

 a. Ad. Mombasa, Oct. 1900. 



[This specimen was shot out of a flock met with at a lake 

 near Mombasa. — A. B. P.] 



