W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AYES. 291 



b-m. 6 2 et <j 5 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., 6th-23rd 



d. d. d. d. d. d. 



March. [Nos. 1299, 1300, 1328, 1341, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1389, 1415. D. C; 3215, 

 3231. B. B. W.] 



n, o. s 2 . Mawambi, E. Congo Forest, 2-300 ft., 30th Oct. [Nos. 576, 577. 

 B. E. I).] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill blue-grey or slate- 

 colour ; feet dark brown or black. 



According to Dr. Reichenow, these birds should be separated from typical S. poensis 

 under the name S. p. stigmatophora Reichenow, but I agree with Captain Shelley and 

 consider that it is not possible to recognize more than one form. Specimens from 

 Fernando Po, Cameroon, &c. are precisely similar to those collected by the present 

 expedition. 



[The Southern Black-and-YVhite Mannikin was met with on Ruwenzori up to an 

 altitude of about 6500 ft,, where the forest commences. It was not seen during the 

 months of December and January, but was numerous from February till April. — 

 B. B. W.] 



Pytelia belli Grant. (Plate XL fig. 4, 6 .) 



Pytilia melba Eeich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 163 (1904) [part.]. 

 Pytelia melba Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 273 (1905) [part.]. 



Pytelia belli Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 14 (1907) [S.E. Ruwenzori] ; id. Ibis, 1908, p. 274 

 [N.W. of Lake Tanganyika]. 



a-c. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 25th-30th April. [Nos. 1460. D. C. ; 

 3272, 3282. B. B. W.] d d 



d-n. 6 2 ■ Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-26th May. [Nos. 291, 305, 377*. 



d. d. d. d. 



R. E. I). ; 1476, 1564, 1581, 1589 *. D. C. ; 2340, 2347, 2373. G. L.] 



o,p. <S 2 ■ Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th June. [Nos. 1692, 1693. I). C] 



The male of this species differs from the male of P. melba (Linn.), which it 

 resembles in the darker markings of the breast and belly, in having the grey of the 

 cheek extending beneath the eye to the lores ; and the red of the throat continued 

 over the greater part of the chest, of which only the base is yellow. Iris reddish- 

 brown ; bill red; feet brown. Total length ca. 4'8 inches; wing 2 - 2 ; tail L95; 

 tarsus - 7. 



The female has the breast darker grey than in the female of P. melba and the 

 markings of the underparts, especially on the sides and flanks, darker. Iris hazel or 



* Tjpes of the species. 



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