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268 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on Birds collected 



DiCRURUS CORACINUS VeiT. 



Dicrurus coracinus Reich, ii. p. 650 (1903). 

 No. 5242. a. S • Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft.^ 

 22nd Feb. 



Iris red ; bill and feet black. 



Oriolus nigripe.vnis Yerr. 

 Oriulus nigripennis Reich, ii. p. 661 (1903). 

 No. 5207. a. S • Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 18th Feb. 



Iris dark red; bill pink ; feet dark grey. 



Pyromelana sundevalli (Bonap.). 



Pijromelaaa nigrifrons Reich, iii. p. 122 (1904). 



Pyromelana sundevalli Shelley, iv. p. 98 (1905). 



Nos. 5088, 5098. a, b. ? . North of Lake Tanganyika, 

 3000 ft., 1 8th & 20th Dec. 



No. 5165. c. S- East of Kasongo, Upper Congo,. 

 2000 ft., 28th Jan. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet brown. 



All three examples of the Red Bishop-Bird are in worn 

 change-plumage, the male especially being very ragged. 



(J. Wing 2-7 in. 



2 2*4 



2 2*4 



Pyromelana xanthomelas (Riipj).). 



Euplectes .xanthomelas Reich, iii. p. 128 (1904) ; Shelley, 

 iv. p. 76 (1905). 



No. 5044. o. S- Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 7000 ft., 

 23rd Nov. 



Nos. 5060, 5061, 5068, 5077. h-e. S ? • Lake Kivu, 

 4900 ft., lst-14th Dec. 



No. 5104. /. (^ . North-west of Lake Tanganyika, 

 2800 ft., 28th Dec. 



Iris dark brown; bill black, lower mandible whitish ; feet 

 dark brown. 



Two males of the Yellow -shouldered Weaver -Finch 

 (Nos. 5044, 5077) have nearly attained their full breeding- 



