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



Malimbus nigerrimus (VieilL). 

 Ploceus nigeri'imus Reich, iii. p. 50 (1904). 

 Melanopteryx nigerrima Shelley, iv. p. 362 (1905). 

 No. 5222. a. $ . Ponthierville, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 20th Feb. 



Iris yellow ; bill black ; feet brown. 



Brachycope anomala (Reichenow). 



Brachycope anomala Reich, iii. p. 97 (1904) ; Shelley, iv. 

 p. 446 (1905). 



Nos. 5200, 5223. a, b. c? [ ? ]• Ponthierville, Upper 

 Congo, 2000 ft., 11th & 20th Feb. 



Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet brown. 



The adult male and what appears to be the adult female 

 of this curious short-tailed Weaver are interesting additions 

 to the British Museum, the only other examples of this 

 rare species in the collection being two adult males from 

 Jabbir, on the Welle Makua (Bomakandi) River, procured 

 by Mr. J. J. Harrison on the 26th of March, 1904. 



The bird supposed to be a female agrees perfectly with 

 the description given by Captain Shelley of female specimens 

 in the Tring Museum obtained by Bonny. 



Spermospiza poliogenys. 



Spermospiza poliogenys Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 32 

 (1906). 



No. 5173. a. ? . Below Kasongo, Upper Congo, 2000 ft., 

 7th Feb. 



Iris dark hazel; bill horn-blue, pale at the tip; feet black. 



This female appears to be a somewhat younger example 

 of the Grey-cheeked Weaver-Finch {S. poliogenys), first 

 described from Fort Beni on the Semliki River. It differs 

 chiefly from the type, which is also a female, in having the 

 chin, throat, and chest vermilion instead of crimson-scarlet, 

 and in lacking the small patch of crimson-tipped feathers 

 on the sides of the lower breast. A number of greyish- 

 buff feathers in the middle of the belly seem to indicate that 

 the bird is scarcely mature. 



[Found among damp undergrowth in very thick forest. — 

 D. C] 



