OTHYPHANTES REICHENOWI 451 



Othyphantes reichenowi. 



Sycobrotus reichenowi, Fischer, J. f. O. 1884, p. 180 Great Arusha. 



Othyphantes reichenowi, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 508 (1896). 



Hyphantornis reichenowi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 418 (1890). 



Ploceus reichenowi, Reichen. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 38, pi. , figs. 1, d ,2, ? . 



Adult male. Forehead, most of the crown, a band round the back of the 

 ear-coverts, sides of upper neck, cheeks and entire under parts canary 

 yellow, slightly tinged with chestnut near the forehead ; back of head and 

 neck and the mantle brownish black ; remainder of back and the upper tail- 

 coverts olive yellow ; tail olive brown ; wings brownish black, with rather 

 dull yellow edges to the feathers ; these edges are confined to the ends of the 

 lesser and median coverts, the outer edges of the greater coverts and quills ; 

 under surface of wings, with broadish inner edges to the quills and the 

 coverts yellowish buff, edge of pinion bright yellow ; sides of head with a 

 large patch of black extending back from the upper mandible and including 

 the ear-coverts. "Iris pale yellow; bill black; legs pale brown." Total 

 length 5-8 inches, culmcn 0-7, wing .3-4, tail 2-4, tarsus 1-0. <? , 1. 1. 00, Lake 

 Nakuro (Delamere). 



Adult female. Differs in having the entire top and sides of the head 

 black. Wing 3-1. ? , 29. 11. 99, Nairobe (Delamere). 



Immature. Similar to the female, but differs in the black feathers of the 

 upper parts being edged with yellowish olive. " Iris yellow ; bill and legs 

 brown." S , 29. 11. 99, Nairobe (Delamere). 



Reichenow's Weaver ranges over the eastern side of East 

 Africa between 5° S. lat. and 1° N. lat. 



The typical specimens were discovered by Fischer at 

 Sigirari in Aruslia and at Lake Naiwasha. Specimens have 

 been collected by Sir Harry Johnston on Kilimanjaro, between 

 5,000 and 6,000 feet ; by Dr. Hinde at Machako's and Ngong ; 

 by Mr. Neumann in Kavirondo, at Elmentata and Guassa 

 Masai ; by Dr. Ansorge at Nairobe in Kikuyu, and by Mr. 

 Jackson on Mount Elgon, Lake Elmentata, Man Ravine, in 

 Nandi, at Toro, Elgeyu, and at Elraekita in Masailand. Many 

 of these specimens are now in the British Museum, where 

 there are also eleven others procured by Lord Delamere in the 

 Kikuyu country and to the north of Mount Kenia. 



According to Dr. Hinde they breed both in October and 



