596 Mr. F. J. Jackson on Birds 



No. 1249. $ juv. Nandi, 6200 feet, June 28, 1898. 

 Iris dark crimson-brown ; bill black, with dull rose-coloured 

 marblings ; feet dark liorn-blue. 



Fam. D I c R u R I D ifi. 



18. BUCHANGA AFRA. 



Buchanga assimVis (Beclist.) ; Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 41 

 (Uganda) . 



Dicrurus afer^ Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 166 

 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 47 (1896). 



No. 311. J, Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 20, 1896. Iris 

 crimson ; bill and feet black. Plentiful. 



Nos. 334, 335. . Kamassia, 6500 feet, Aug. 24, 1896. 



Fam. Ploceid^. 



19. Vidua principalis. 



Vidua principalis (L.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 244; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 49 (Bukoba) ; Shelley, B. Africa, 

 i. p. 23 (1896). 



Vidua Serena, Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 193 

 (1894). 



a,b. J $ . Ntebi, March 14, 1895. 



No. 933. J . Kavirondo, 4500 feet, March 28, 1898. 

 Several others seen. In flocks. Iris brown; bill coral- 

 pink; feet slate-colour. 



No. 1175. d. Nandi, 6500 feet. May 31, 1898. Rather 

 a scarce bird. Goes about in flocks of eight or ten indi- 

 viduals, of which perhaps three only will be males. 



No. 1191. d . Nandi, 6500 feet, June 4, 1898. 



20. LiNURA FISCHERI. 



Linura jhcheri (Reichen.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 210 (1890); Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 192 

 (1894). 



Vidua fischeri, Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 23 (1896). 



Nos. 74, 79, 80, 83, 6; 76, ? ; 84, d juv. Between Ndai 

 and Kinani, April 2, 1892. 



Of this interesting Weaver-bird I procured a few specimens 

 out of a small flock at a water -hole in the wilderness. Other 



