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



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe. 



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 8 

 (1903). 



Cryptospiza reichenowi Alexander, Ibis, 1903, p. 351 

 [part.] ; Reich, iii. p. 174 (1904) [part.] ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 278 (1905) [part.]. 



No. 5047. a. S- Mfumbiro Volcanoes, 7000 ft., 

 24th Nov. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet brown. 



As already briefly noted [cf. Bull. B. 0. C. xix. p. 42 

 (1907)], Sharpens Crimson-wing (C. ocularis) appears to be 

 a distinct species from C. reichenowi (Hartl.). The male 

 procured on the Mfumbiro Volcanoes is in every way similar 

 to a series of males collected on Ruwenzori and to the type 

 specimen of C. ocularis from the same locality — not from 

 Mount Elgon, as stated by Mr. Boyd Alexander (vide supra). 

 Females from Ruwenzori differ from the description and 

 figure of the female types of C. reichenowi from Caraaroon 

 in having the feathers on the lores and the area surrounding 

 the eye pale olive-buff (in the male they are crimson) . In 

 C. reichenowi only the patch in front of the eye is pale 

 fulvous. 



^ QUELEA CARDINALIS (Hartl.). 



Quelia cardinalis Reich, iii. p. 112 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 119 (1905). 



No. 5093. a. S imm. North of Lake Tanganyika, 

 3000 ft., 19th Dec. 



Iris dark brown ; bill and feet brown. 



A male of the Cardinal Dioch is evidently an immature 

 specimen, its plumage being similar to that of the female. 

 There is, however, a trace of orange-red along the superciliary 

 stripe and below the eye, which seems to indicate the first 

 step towards attaining the scarlet head of the adult male. 



\ QUELEA ERYTHROPS (Hartl.). 



Quelea erythrops Reich, iii. p. Ill (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 117 (1905). 



