412 HYPHANTORNIS T.TiNIOPTERUS 



to the feathers ; wing blackish brown, with pale edges to the feathers ; 

 these edges are dusky brown with a wash of yellow on the least coverts, 

 golden yellow on the median and greater coverts and inner secondaries, and 

 ashy yellow on the primary-coverts and remainder of the quills ; under 

 wing-coverts and inner edges of the quills yellowish white ; sides of the 

 lower half of the throat, breast, thighs and under tail-coverts bright golden 

 yellow, tinted with chestnut on the fore breast and shading into a rich chest- 

 nut edging to the black of the throat. " Iris brownish rod ; bill black ; feet 

 reddish brown " (Heuglin). Total length 54 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-7, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-85. <?, 10. 7. 82, Bora (Emin). 



Male in printer. Like the female. 



Adult female. Upper parts ashy brown, with large blackish shaft-bands 

 to the feathers of the mantle ; tail-feathers with narrow yellowish outer 

 edges ; lesser wing-coverts like the mantle ; median coverts with broad buff 

 terminal margins, greater coverts and quills with olive buff edges, fading into 

 white on the inner feathers ; inner margins of quills and edge of bend of 

 wing yellowish buff; under wing-coverts brownish buff; sides of head ashy 

 brown ; under parts white, shaded with brown across the crop and on the 

 flanks. "Iris pale straw-colour; upper mandible dusky, lower one white, 

 dusky along upper edges ; tarsi and feet pinkish horn-colour." Wing 2-5. 

 5 , 5. 3. 01, Kaka (Hawker). 



Reichenbach's Masked-Weaver inhabits the White Nile 

 district between the Albert Nyanza and Kliartonm, and east- 

 ward to Lake Stefanie. 



Within its somewhat limited range the species is extremely 

 abundant. Heuglin found them as.sembling in the cornfields 

 by flocks, arriving from all sides, and after feeding passed 

 away in uninterrupted clouds. Mr. Hawker procured 

 specimens on his way up the Nile at Jebel Ahmed-Aghar, 

 February 19 ; at Kawa, February 26 ; at Fashoda as late as 

 April 6, and writes : " Reichenbach's Weaver-Finch goes 

 about in enormous flocks, which appear to be kept continually 

 on the move by Hawks, and prove a great nuisance to the 

 naturalist. Nearly every bush seems to be full of them, and 

 when they fly off they generally frighten every other species 

 of small bird that happens to be near, thus making collecting 

 very diflficult. I never saw any individuals in breeding 

 plumage, though I must have seen many millions." 



