2fl6 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OF THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



like the rest of the underparts. It closely resembles the type — also a female — of 

 .V. shelleyi Alexander, but is much larger and has a much stronger bill. 



N. shelleyi Alexander. 



X. ansorgei (Hnrtert). 



in. 



a-d. $ (including the type ("Wing . . 20 

 of the species) ; e. $ . C Tail ... 1 -fl 



in. 



a. ? (type of the f Wing . . ]'7 

 species). I Tail . . . 1-0 



[The only example of Ansorge's Olive-backed Waxbill met with by the Expedition 

 was procured in the Mpanga Forest, to the east of Ruwenzori. It was shot by- 

 Mr. R. E. Dent in the top of a tall tree. — R. B. II'.] 



( Iktptospiza ocularis Sharpe. 



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 8 ( 1902): Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 562; 

 Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 42 (1907); id., Ibis, 1908, p. 270 [Mufumbiro]. 



■!. 



a, b. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 28th Dec. [Nos. 1065. 1). C. ; 

 3058. R. B. W.] tl . 



c-f. d 2. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 20th-31st Jan. [Nos. 128. 



d. 



ft. A'. J). ; 1176. D. C; 2120, 2129. G. L.] 

 g-l. s 2 et 2 iinm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-6500 ft., lst-24th Feb. 



Nos. 171. R. E. D. ; 2132, 2134, 2135, 2136. G. L.] 

 m-t. 6 2 et 6 2 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., llth-19th March. 



Nos. 1320, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1376. 1). C. ; 2189, G. L. ; 3203, 3230. R. B. W.] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill black; feet brown or 

 dark brown. 



As already pointed out, this species has been united with C. reichenowi 

 Ilartlaub by Dr. Reichenow, but it is really a distinct form. 



[Sharpe's Crimson-wing was met with on Ruwenzori at an altitude of between 6000 

 and 7000 ft., and, like most of these small Wer.ver-Finches, frequents t lie rough country 

 below the forest-line, especially old sites of cultivation and crops of millet. This 

 species was never seen in large flocks as was the case with Spermestes cueullatus and 

 S. yoensis.—R. B. W.~\ 



Cryptospiza salvadorii Reichenow. (Plate XL fig. 3, d .) 



Cryptospiza salvadorii Reich. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 174 (1904) [part.] ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 277 

 (1905) ; Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 42 (1907). 



a k. 6 2 et $ imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., llth-19th 

 ,i a. a. d. 



March. [Nos. 203. R. E. I).; 1321, 1322, 1353, 1375. D. C. ; 2202, 2210. G. L. ; 



3204,3211, 3212. 7?. B. 1!'.] 



