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Range. — The Orange Weaver ranges from Libéria (where 

 Mr Wii.i.ouGHBY LowE procured a nice séries in 191 1) as far 

 South as the Congo, and Eastvvards to Uganda through the North 

 Belgian Congo. It is represented in the British Muséum from 

 Libéria, Southern Nigeria, Gaboon, south to Landana. In the 

 BoYD Alexander collection there are spécimens from the Ubanghi 

 river and from the Guruba river in the North Belgian Congo, 

 while Christy obtained it recentlv at Poko on the Uelle River, 

 and a female identified by Ogilvie-Grant was obtained at Entebbe 

 (Uganda). 



Shei.lv (1. c.) and Reichenow (Vôg. Afr., III, p. 49) record 

 other places in the localities already mentioned, from which 

 travellers and naturalists hâve obtained it. 



Quelia erythrops. 



Ploceus erythrops Hartl., Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 109. — l'ype 

 locality : St. Thomas Island. 



A small séries of this Red-headed Dioch was obtained bv Robin 

 Kemp at Agoulerie in July. 



Reichenow also records it from the Lower Niger (Ansorge 

 coll.) 



Range. — This species has a wide range. 



From West Africa we hâve examples from Portuguese Guinea, 

 Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, S. Nigeria, Angola Gaboon, 

 Upper Congo, Princes Island and Saint Thomas island. Sheli.ev 

 (Bds of Afr., IV, p. 118) also records it from Sénégal. Togoland 

 and Cameroon. It may be said to extend from Sénégal to Angola 

 where ever the country is suited to its habits. 



From East Africa there are spécimens in the Muséum trom 

 Lake Albert, Kenya Colonv, Abvssinia and Portuguese East 

 Africa; Beira is the most southerly point from which it has been 

 obtained. It has been recorded once from the Sudan. 



