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



Nos. 5099, 5100. e,f. (^ . North of Lake Tanganyika, 

 3000 ft., 20th Dec. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill red ; feet black. 



EsTRiLDA RosEiCRissA Reich. 



Estrilda ruseicrissa Reich, iii. p. 184 (1904) ] Shelley, iv. 

 p. 215 (1905). 



Nos. 5079, 5080. a, b. c? ? • Lake Kivu, 4900 ft., 

 15th Dec. 



Iris dark red ; bill red ; feet brown. 



The birds procured by Mr. Carruthers are apparently a 

 pair, and the male is marked '' breeding.^' Both specimens 

 have the lower part of the abdomen and flanks bright pink, 

 the female being rather the more brightly coloured of the 

 two. An adult female killed with a young male on S.E. 

 Ruwenzori on the 2nd of June has only a slight wash of 

 pink on the feathers of the lower abdomen and flanks. 

 Probably the absence of colour is partly due to season, as 

 the plumage is decidedly worn. 



Anaplectes melanotis (Lafr,). 



Anaplectes melanotis Reich, iii. p. 26 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 338 (1905) [part.]. 



No. 5010. a. S ■ S.W. Uganda, 4000 ft., 29th Sept. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill red ; feet pale brown. 



Captain Shelley has included A. blundelli Grant as a variety 

 of the Elack-eared Scarlet Weaver-Finch, but there does not 

 seem to be the slightest evidence to shew that the former, 

 which has the back black, is not a perfectly distinct species. 



Heterhyphantes NiGRicoLLis (VicilL). 



Ploceus nigr-icollis Reich, iii. p. 44 (1904). 



Heterhyphantes nigricollis Shelley, iv. p. 381 (1905). 



No. 5168. a. ? . Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 5th Feb. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill black ; feet grey. 



Examples of Vieillot's Black-and- Yellow Weaver-Finch 

 were also procured by the Ruwenzori Expedition at Fort 

 Beni on the Semliki River and in the Mpanga Forest near 

 Fort Portal. 



