280 CRYPTOSPIZA SHELLEYI 
November, one is sexed as male, and three others females by 
Sir Alfred Sharpe, and I cannot detect any seasonal or sexual 
difference in their plumage. 
Cryptospiza jacksoni. (PI. 35, fig. 2.) 
Cryptospiza jacksoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 8 (1902) Rawenzori ; 
Reichen. Vog. Afr. ii. p. 175 (1904). 
Type. General plumage crimson and greyish black. Forehead, crown, 
sides of head, sides of upper neck, upper tail-coverts, broad outer edges to 
the secondaries, broad ends to the median wing-coverts, and broad ends to 
some of the feathers of the flanks crimson; nape, neck, chin, throat, most 
of breast, thighs and the under tail-coverts greyish black; remainder of the 
wings and the entire tail dusky black. ‘Iris brown; bill, tarsi and feet 
black.” Total length 4:5 inches, culmen 0:45, wing 2:35, tail 1°75, 
tarsus 0°9. g, 10. 2. 02. Ruwenzori (Jackson). 
Jackson’s Crimson-wing inhabits the Ruwenzori Mountains 
of Equatorial Central Africa. 
Mr. Jackson, who discovered the type in the Ruwenzori 
Mountains, obtained three other specimens there, and no doubt 
he will shortly publish some notes on the habits of this hand- 
some bird. 
Cryptospiza shelleyi. (Pl. 35, fig. 3.) 
Cryptospiza shelleyi, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 21 (1902) Ruwenzori ; 
Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 175 (1904). 
Male. Forehead and crown, as well as the back-and sides of the neck, 
olive green; back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts crimson; wings and tail 
blackish brown; sides of head slightly paler olive than the crown and with 
a rufous tinge in front; chin, throat and centre of chest paler yellowish 
olive, gradually shading into cinnamon on the sides of the chest, and into 
dusky black on the abdomen, thighs, under tail-coverts and sides of the 
rump. ‘Iris brown; bill with the upper mandible blackish and the lower 
one red; legs dark brown.” Total length 5:1 inches, culmen 0:5, wing 2:5, 
tail 2:1, tarsus 0°85. g, 22. 2.02. Ruwenzori (Jackson). 
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