370 Lieut. C. W. Mack worth- Praed on [Ibis, 



Gi-anatina iardhinogastra ianthinogastra Mearns, Smiths. 

 Inst. Misc. Coll. vol. 61, No. 9, p. 3. 



cJ . Tsavo Swamp. 7th August. Wing 56 mm. 



Iris red; bill red ; legs dark. 



A very brightly-coloured male ; head strongly rufescent. 



Uroloncha caniceps. 



Pitylia caniceps Reichw. Orn. Centralb. 1879, p. 139 

 [Nassa, Tana Kiver]. 



Uroloncha caniceps Shelley, B. Afr. iv. pt. i. 1905, 

 p. 151. 



($ . Tsavo River. 2nd August. Wing 59 mm. 



Iris brown ; bill and legs slate-colour. 



Lagonosticta rhodoparia. 



Lagonosticta rliodopureia Heugl. J. f, 0. 1868, p. 16 

 [Keren, Bogos-Land] ; Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 1904, p. 200. 



Lagonosticta rhodoparia O.-Grant, Ibis, 1908, pp. 272- 

 274. 



cJ. Ithanga Hills. 8th October. Wing 49 mm. 



Iris red; bill and legs dark. 



Common. 



Spermestes cucuUatus. 



Spermestes cucuUatus Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 201 

 [Seuegambia] ; Lonnberg, K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. xlvii. 

 1911, No. 5, p. 104. 



cj . Thika. 27th August. Wing 52 mm. 



Not uncommon, often in the same sort of places as 

 Uneginthus hengalus. This bird has a distinct metallic- 

 green wash to the feathers of the sides, but this is not so 

 pronounced as in the more western examples of the species. 



Quelea sanguinirostris sethiopica. 



Ploceus aethiopicus Suudev. Qilfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1850, 

 p. 126. 



Quelea sanguinirostris cethiopica, Reichw. Vog. Afr. iii. 

 1904, p. 109. 



? . Tsavo River. 3rd August. Wing 68 mm. 



