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Stork's nest, and fairly deep towards the interior. These nests 

 are thickly and comfortably lined with fine grass, rushes, 

 small roots and wool, and contain three or four eggs, coloured 

 like those of our House-Sparrow, of a blunt oval shape and 

 with a rather thick, rough shell. They measure on an average 

 1-2 X 0-8. 



These birds find their food mostly in the pasture land, and 

 according to both Dr. Blanford and Mr. Jesse, at such times 

 may be seen in company with Glossy Starlings. 



Textor senegalensis. 



Tester senegalensis, Shelley, B. Afr. I. p. M, No. 466 (1898) Gambia. 

 Textor albirostris senegalensis, Reichen. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 5 (1904). 



Tyije. Similar to the adult male of T. albirostris, but differs in its smaller 

 size and in the bill being entirely smooth and reddish black. Total length 

 8-3 inches, culmen O'Q, wing 4-4, tail 3-6, tarsus 1-1. Gambia (Brit. Mus.). 



The Senegal Buffalo- Weaver ranges from Senegambia into 

 Abyssinia. 



This species is known to me positively by only three speci- 

 mens in the British Museum, two from the Grambia River and 

 the other from Abyssinia (Riippell) ; the latter is slightly the 

 smallest (wing 4*2 inches), otherwise these specimens agree 

 perfectly. To this species should belong the specimens from 

 Deine on the Senegal River (Marche and De Compiegne), 

 Bathurst (Rendall) and Cassamanse (Verreaux). 



Textor intermedius. 



Textor intermedius. Cab. J. f. 0. 1868, p. 413 ; id. Decken's Eeis. iii. 

 p. 32, pi. 11 (1869) Dalaoni, B. Eisuani ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. 

 p. 511 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 464 (1896) ; Grant, Ibis, 1904, 

 p. 259 S. Abyssinia. 



