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22. Melanhyph antes melanoxanthus Cab. 

 Ploceus melanoxanthus Reich, iii. p. 42. 



a, b. S ? • Mombasa, 26th Aug. and Oct. 1900. Nos. 8 

 &40. 



This Weaver-Finch extends its range across Africa from 

 Mombasa on the east coast to Landana on the west, where the 

 nearly allied species M. nigricollis is found. It is distinguished 

 from the latter by having the upper tail-coverts black instead 

 of olive-green. 



[These were solitary birds inhabiting low thick bushes : 

 they were very noisy and inquisitive. — A. B. P.] 



23. Heterhypiiantes reichenowi (Fischer). 

 Ploceus reichenowi Reich, iii. p. 38. 



a-e. S ? et imm. Kikuyu Forest, 29th March to 30th 

 June, 1902. (Nos. 354 & 360.) 



21. Hyphantornis bojeri (Hartl. & Finsch). 

 Ploceus bojeri Reich, iii. p. 92. 



a. S . Takaungu, 26th March, 1901. 



b. Imm. Mombasa. 



The immature bird has the upper mandible dark horn- 

 coloured and the lower mandible yellow. 



[This was the commonest Weaver-bird on the coast ; 

 hundreds used to nest in the garden of the Mombasa Club. — 

 A. B. P.] 



25. Hyphantornis spekii Heugl. 

 Ploceus spekei Reich, iii. p. 65. 



a. [J.] Kikuyu Forest. 



26. Hyphantornis xanthops Hartl. 

 Ploceus xanthops Reich, iii. p. 88. 



Hyphantornis xanthops Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 278 

 (1910). 



a. Kikuyu Forest, 1st July, 1902. (No. 383.) 



27. Passer gongonensis Oustalet. 

 Passer gongonensis Reich, iii. p. 229. 



Passer crassirostris Shelley, B. of A. iii. p. 255 (1902). 

 a. Takaungu, March 1901. (No. 120.) 



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