368 Lieut. C. W. Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



o . Tsavo River. ISth. August. Wing 160 mm. 



Iris white ; bill and legs black. 



This Glossy Starling was common on the Tsavo. It 

 usually kept close to the river, and was not seen in the 

 thorn-bush country away from water. 



Creatophora canmculata. 



Gracula carunculaia Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 1788^ p. 399 

 [Cape]. 



Creatophora carunculata Shelley, B. Afr. v. pt. i. 1906, 

 p. 123. 



(^ . Tsavo Swamp. 6th August. Wing 124 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill pinkish horn-colour; feet dark 

 brown. 



One very large flock of the Wattled Starling was met 

 with. 



Ploceus (Hyphaiitorni&) bojeri. 



Hyphantornis bojeri Finsch & Hartl. in Cab. von der 

 Decken Reise, iii. 1869, p. 32 [Zanzibar]. 



Ploceus bojeri Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1907, p. 499. 



S ? ad. Tsavo River. 15th August. Wing, cJ 76, ? 70mm, 



Iris red-brown ; bill and legs light brown. 



Not uncommon on the Tsavo. 



Ploceus ocularius suahelicus. 



Ploceus ocularius suahelicus Neum, J. f, O. 1905, p. 339 

 [Usambara]. 



? imm. Thika. 29th Augnst, Wing 71 mm. 



Iris dark brown ; bill light brown ; legs greenish 

 brown. 



Anaplectes melanotis. 



Ploceus melanotis Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 20 [Senegal]. 

 Anaplectes melanotis Shelley, B. Afr. iv. pt. ii. 1905, 

 p. 338, pi. xxxvii. figs. 2 & 3. 



c? . Tsavo River. 2nd August. Wing 85 mm. 

 Iris brown ; bill red; legs brown. 



