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Dinemellia dinemelli. 



Textor dinemelli Iliipp. Syst. Uebers. 1843, pp. 72, 76, 

 pi 30 [Shoa]. 



Dinemellia dinemelli Reicliw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1904, p. 7. 



$ ?. Tsavo River. 1st August. Wing,(J118, ? 122mra. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and legs black. 



This Weaver-Finch was met with in small flocks over the 

 whole of the desert country. It was very common but shy, 

 and it has an almost Parrot-like cry. 



Textor albirostris intermedins. 



Textor intermedius Cab. J. f.O. 1868, p. 413 [R. Kisuani]. 



Textor albirostris intermedius Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1904, 

 p. 4. 



$ . Tsavo River. 10th August. "Wing 112 mm. 



^. „ 15th August. „ 119 mm. 



(^ . Iris dark brown ; bill red ; legs slate-colour. 

 ? . Iris dark ; bill red at the base, black at the tip ; feet 

 black. 



Base of under side of primaries dirty white. 



One or two large flocks seen up the Tsavo. 



Uraeginthus bengalns. 



Fringilla hengalas Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 182 

 [Benguela]. 



Uraginthus bengalus Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1904, p. 207. 



(J. Thika. 1st September. Wing 52 mm. 



Iris red-brown ; bill purple ; legs light brown. 



I have not attempted to go into the subspecies of this 

 bird. Zedlitz (J. f. 0. 1911, pp. 604-606) gives a list of 

 twelve, and Mearns has described another from close to 

 this locality, based on the female (Smiths. Misc. Coll. 56, 

 No. 20, p. 6). 



I saw several of these birds, generally in small parties 

 near native huts. 



Granatina ianthinogastra ianthinogastra. 

 Uraginthus ianthinog aster Reichw. Orn. Centralb. 1879, 

 p. 114 [Massa, Tana River]. 



