282 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



specimens of S. luteola in the British Museum in having the black extending somewhat 

 further back over the crown, about 3 mm. behind the posterior margin of the eye 

 while the mantle and back have rather distinct dusky streaks. Specimens in the 

 Jackson Collection from Toro agree with the Entebbe bird in the latter respect, but 

 as regards the extent of black on the head they resemble typical S. luteola. It must 

 be noted that all the specimens in the British Museum bearing dates were killed 

 during the summer months between May and July, while both the birds from Entebbe 

 in the present collection and those in the Jackson Collection from Toro were obtained 

 in winter, in December and March respectively, so that the striped back may be, and 

 probably is, characteristic of the winter plumage. 



[Lichtenstein's Slender-billed Weaver was seen, very occasionally, on the eastern 

 side of Ruwenzori below an altitude of 5500 ft., also at Entebbe. — R. B. W.~] 



Ambltospiza melanonota (Heugl.). (Plate XIX. figs. 15 & 16, eggs.) 



Amblyospiza melanotus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 100 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 307 (1905). 

 Amblyospiza melanonota Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 567 [Toro]. 



a. 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 28th April. [No. 3288. R. B. W.] 

 b-d. d 2 . „ „ „ 3rd & 22nd May. [Nos. 1486. 1). C. ; 



2382, 2383. G. L.] 



e,f. ? . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 16th June. [Nos. 466, 467. R. E. D.~\ 

 g. 6 imm. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori, 4000 ft., 28th July. [No. 2439. G. L.] 

 Adult. Iris dark brown ; bill black (in the male) ; upper mandible olive, lower 

 yellow (in the female) ; feet dark grey or black. 



The male specimens have the head, neck, mantle, and chest very dark chestnut, 

 darker than in the majority of specimens from Uganda and from the White Nile; one 

 of Mr. Jackson's specimens from Entebbe, Uganda, is, however, equally dark in 

 colouring. 



The birds procured at South-east Ruwenzori in May were breeding, and one female 

 (No. 2382) is marked as having been shot off the nest. 



Two clutches of eggs were procured on the 17th and 22nd of May. They are of a 

 rather long oval form and slightly glossy. One set of three eggs has the ground-colour 

 pale pinkish-white, spotted, especially towards the larger end, with maroon-red. 

 The second set of two eggs has the ground-colour pale red, marked with darker spots 

 of the same colour. They measure from - 85 to "95 in. in length and from "58 to -6 in 

 breadth. 



[Only a few examples of Heuglin's Grosbeak- Weaver were met with on the plains at 

 the south-east of Ruwenzori, but on the west between Fort Beni and the foot of the 

 mountains they were quite numerous. When flying they much resembled the Common 

 Hawfinch. They frequented the tall reeds along the streams, but only such streams as 



