618 Mr. F. J. Jack sou un Birds 



70. Amblyospiza melanonota. 



Amblyospiza melanonota (Heugl.)- Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 504 (1890). 



Amblyospiza melanota Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 33 (1896). 



a. S . Ntebi, May 10, 1895. Iris brown ; bill black ; feet 

 dark slate-colour. 



No. 1022. 6 ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, April 22, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill black ; feet olive-black. Breeding in a marsh. 



No. 1091. ?. Nandi, May 9, 1898. Iris brown; bill 

 brownish black, the lower mandible dusky greenish horn- 

 colour; feet brownish-black. 



[These specimens are identical with Etnin Pasha's birds 

 from Majungo in the British Museum. They are not 

 A. capitalba, which Prof. Beichenow (Yog. deutsch. Ost- 

 Afrikas, p. 182) has recorded from Bukoba. — R. B. S.] 



71. DiNEMELLIA DINEMELLl. 



Dinemellia dinemelli (Riipp.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 255 

 (Batzsuma, Teita) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 178 

 (1894) (Kilimanjaro) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 33 (1896). 



No. 280. S ■ Elgeyu, 3700 feet, Aug. 16, 1896. Iris 

 brown; bill dark horn- or lead-colour; feet brownish flesh- 

 colour. Fairly plentiful; also seen near Njemps. 



72. Textor albirostris. 



Textor albirostris (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 508 (1890). 



Nos. 378, 379. 6 . Njemps, Sept. 20, 1896. Iris brown ; 

 bill black, with greenish-yellow base ; feet pale slate-colour. 

 These are the first I have seen of this species ; they were 

 breeding. The nest was a large mass of black thorns, three 

 or four nests being clustered together ; all with three eggs. 



Fam. Fringillid^. 



73. Chrysomitris melanops. 



Chrysomitris melanops (Heugl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 229 (1888) ; Reichen, Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afrikas, p. 197 

 (1894). 



No. 923. ? . Nandi, 6000 feet, March 21, 1898. Iris 



