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shaft-bauds; wings and tail brownish black, with pale edges to the feathers ; 

 these edges are mostly ashy brown on the lesser-coverts, form broad chest- 

 nut ends to the median-coverts, broadish buff edges to the greater-coverts 

 and inner secondaries, and duller narrower edges to the primary-coverts, 

 quills and tail-feathers ; inner margins of the quills and the under wing- 

 coverts white, the latter mottled with chestnut. " Iris red brown ; bill black ; 

 legs dusky reddish " (Heugliu). Total length 5 inches, cuhnen 0-7, wing 3-2, 

 tail 2-1, tarsus 0-85. <?, 1. 10. 01, Harar (Zaphiro). 



Adult female. Forehead, crown and back pale brown, with small dark 

 centres to the feathers of the forehead and crown, mantle more boldly 

 striped ; wings and tail dark brown, with pale edges to the feathers ; inner 

 edges of the quills and the under wing-coverts buff; sides of head pale 

 brown, with an eyebrow and the lower half of the cheeks buff ; chin and 

 throat buff; breast, thighs and under tail-coverts white; crop and flanks 

 shaded with tawny buff. " Iris bright reddish brown ; bill dusky black ; 

 legs pale horn blue." Total length 5-9 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 30, tail 2-0, 

 tarsus 08. f, 13. 7. 90, Njemps (Jackson). 



Riippell's Chestnut-Weaver ranges from Benguela and 

 Ugogo into Abyssinia. 



The most southern and western locality yet recorded for 

 the species is the Katembella River in about 12° 30' S. lat., 

 where, we are informed by Prof. Socage (Jorn. Lisb. 1893, 

 p. 13), that it has been obtained by Anchieta. 



In Eastern Africa specimens have been collected at Konko, 

 Igonda and Mdaburo (Bohm), Usambiro (Emin), Mombasa 

 (Wakefield), Ndi (Hildebrandt), Tsavo River and in Taveta 

 (Neumann), Lake Nakuro (Delamere), Mambrui and Barawa 

 (Fischer), Bardera (Erlanger), Darar (Donaldson Smith), 

 Harar (Zaphiro), and the type from Abyssinia (Riippell). 



Mr. Jackson, who found it at Gula-Gula, Kimani and 

 Njemps, writes : " This bird is decidedly local, and I have met 

 with it only in a very few places. At Njemps, near Lake 

 Baringo, in July, 1890, I found it breeding in enormous 

 number in the thorn-trees." From Southern Abyssinia Mr. 

 Pease writes: "We were at Owararaulka in December, but 

 did not see the Chestnut Weaver-Finch there till our return 



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