in Uganda and on the Upper Congo. 271 



No. 5139, a. c? • East of Kasongo, Upper Congo, 

 3000 ft., 7th Jan. 



Iris and bill dark brown ; feet brown. 



This specimen is of considerable interest, and though I 

 have provisionally referred it to the present species, it may, 

 when more material is available, eventually prove to be 

 distinct. It differs from other adult male examples of the 

 Red-headed Dioch in the British Museum in having the 

 head dark maroon-red instead of dark scarlet-red. I have 

 compared it with the description and figure of Foudia 

 hamatocephala Heuglin, but this appears to be a true synonym 

 of Q. erythrops. 



Spermestes poensis (Fras.). 



Spermestes poensis Keich. iii. p. 152 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 164 (1905). 



Nos. 5211, 5212. a,b. (^ ^ . Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 

 2000 ft., 18th Feb. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill grey ; feet black. 



A pair of the Southern Black-and- White Mannikin are 

 perfectly similar to one another in plumage. 



Lagonosticta ruberrima. 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps ruberrima Reich, iii, p. 198 

 (1904). 



Lagonosticta brunneiceps Shelley, iv. p. 258 (1905) 

 [part.] . 



No. 5011. a. ? . S.W. Uganda, 4000 ft., 29th Sept. 



No. 5017. b. $. North of Lake Albert Edward, 

 3000 ft., 12th Oct. 



Nos. 5089, 5090. c,d. $ % . North of Lake Tangan- 

 yika, 3000 ft., 18th Dec. 



Iris dark red ; eyelids yellow ; bill black and pink ; feet 

 brown. 



The specimens collected by Mr. CaiTuthers, as well as a 

 series from South-east Ruwenzori, all belong to the darker 

 Equatorial form of the Brown-capped Fire-Finch, which 

 appears to be a fairly well-marked subspecies, though 

 Captain Shelley does not recognise it as such. 



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