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I. d . Butagu Valley, West Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., 1st Aug. [No. 2444. G. L.] 



Iris dark brown ; eyelids red in the male ; bill black ; feet brown or dark brown. 



As already briefly noted (vide supra, Bull. B. O. C), Salvadori's Crimson-wing is a 

 very distinct species from C. australis Shelley, from Nyasaland, although Dr. Reichenow 

 has included the latter under the present heading. 



C. australis is an altogether much darker bird than C. sahadorii. 



The British Museum possesses six examples of C. australis, of which three, though 

 apparently fully adult, differ somewhat from one another in plumage and are somewhat 

 puzzling. The three adult examples are as follows : — 



a. [Sex not ascertained.] Milanji Plateau, 6000 ft., 2nd Nov. 



b, c. 2 ■ Chiradzulu, July. (Specimen " b " is the type of the species.) 

 These have the bill entirely black and the underparts brown, tinged with olive. 

 Specimen "a" has some of the feathers across the upper mantle tipped with dull 



crimson, forming an irregular band. 



Specimen " c " has a number of small dull crimson feathers about the base of 

 the bill. 



Without additional material it is impossible to ascertain the cause of these differences, 

 as all three birds appear to be fully adult. 



The three remaining examples are no doubt immature : — 



d. 2 . Kombi, Masuka range, 7000 ft., July. 



e, f. 6 2 . Chiradzulu, June. 



In "d" the bill is black as in the adult; in " e" and "/" the base of the upper 

 mandible is brownish and the basal part of the lower mandible pale yellowish-horn- 

 colonr. 



All three immature specimens have the underparts paler than in the adults, the 

 brown plumage being largely mixed with olive. 



Specimens of C. sahadorii from Ruwenzori agree perfectly with the birds procured 

 by Doherty on the Kikuyu Escarpment. 



[Salvadori's Crimson-wing was found on Ruwenzori at an altitude of between 

 7000 and 8500 ft. This species is very similar, both in habits and appearance, to 

 C. ocularis, but is less numerous and found at rather higher altitudes. It was seen on 

 some of the open ferny ridges among the forest at 8500 ft. — E. B. IT.] 



Cryptospiza jacksoni Sharpe. 



Cryptospiza jacksoni Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 8 (1902) ; Reich. Yog. Afr. iii. p. 175 

 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 280, pi. xxxv. fig. 2 (1905); Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 568. 



d. 

 a-d. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 28th-30th Dec. [Nos. 49, 50, 



56. R. E. D. ; 2038. G. L.] 



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