270 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



Maumbus malimbicus (Daud.). 

 Malimbus malimbicus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 21 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 349 (1905). 



a. 6 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 24th July. [No. 1756. 1). C] 



b. 2 ■ 30 miles N.W. of Fort Beni, 3000 ft., 12th Aug. [No. 2448. G. L.] 



c. 6 . Irumu, Eturi Forest, 3000 ft., 16th Oct. [No. 568. B. E. I).] 

 Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



[The Crested Malimbe was found in the Congo Forest, where it frequented the tops 

 of tall trees.— B. B. IF] 



Malimbus fagani Grant. (Plate X. fig. 1, d .) 

 Malimbus fagani Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 15 (1907). 



a. rf . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 21st July. [No. 3508. B. B. W. Type 

 of the species.] 



This species is very closely allied to M. erythrogaster Reich., but differs in having 

 a .smaller bill, the red on the crown and underparts more intense, and the flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts mostly black, some of the feathers being more or less 

 mixed with red. Iris dark brown; bill black; feet brown. Total length 6 inches ; 

 culmen 0'9 ; wing 3'6 ; tail 2 - 05 ; tarsus 0"9. 



The type of this species, a tine adult male specimen, has been compared with male 

 and female examples of M. erythrogaster Reichenow, collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge 

 in Southern Nigeria, and kindly sent me for examination from the Tring Museum. 

 These agree well with Dr. Reichenow's description and figure of the types of 

 M. erythrogaster, which were procured by Dr. Zenker at Jaunde, Cameroon. 



Though the differences mentioned above are not very pronounced, they seem to 

 indicate that the specimen from Fort Beni represents a distinct form. 



Malimbus nigerrimus (Vieill.). 

 Ploceus nigerrimus Beieli. Viig. At'r. iii. p. 50 (1904). 



Melanopteryx nigerrima Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 362 (1905); Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 566 [Toro]. 

 Malimbus nigerrimus Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 278 [Upper Congo]. 



a-e. 6 et d imm. Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 19th -24th July. 



[Nos. 482. B. E. D. ■ 1726. D. C. ; 2421, 2434, 2435. G. £.] 



" /. 6 . 40 miles N.W. of Fort Beni, 3000 ft., 13th Aug. [No. 2449. G. Z.] 



>j,h. 6 2 Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 14th-17th Sept. [Nos. 522. 

 /,'. E. B. ; 3563. B. B. W.] 



Id nit male. Iris yellow or light yellow ; bill black ; feet brown. 

 Adult female. Iris dirty yellow ; bill dark horn-colour ; feet brown. 

 [Vieillot's Black Malimbe was very numerous in the clearings in the Congo Forest 

 and a few were also seen in the Mpanga Forest, east of Ruwenzori. It was nesting in 



