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February, 1902, and is said to have been obtained on Ruwenzori, but the exact 

 locality is not recorded. It was not met with by the members of the Expedition. 



ESTRILDA MINOR (Cab.). 



Estrilda astrild minor Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 180 (1904) [part.]. 



Estrilda minor Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 198 (1905) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 564 [Tore] ; Grant, 

 Ibis, 1908, p. 275 [Mut'umbiro; N. of Lake Tanganyika]. 

 a. 6 . SO miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 1st Dec. [No. 1025. I). C] 

 b-d. 6 et e imm. 100 miles W. of Entebbe, 4100 ft., 5th & 6th Dec. [Nos. 1036, 



1037, 1038. D. C] 



e-n d et d imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 23rd & 28th March. 

 J d. 



Nos. 2235. G. L. ; 3264, 3265. R. B. 11".] 



h, L 6 ?.. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori. 3400 ft., 14th May. [Nos. 1556, 1557. I). C] 



Adult male and female. Iris hazel, dark chestnut, or dark brown ; bill red ; feet 

 varying from brown to blackish. 



[The Lesser Waxbill was not met with on Ruwenzori above an altitude of 5000 ft., 

 but was not uncommon on the dry plains round the south end of the range.- 

 R. B. W.] 



Estrilda paludicola Heugl. 



Estrilda paludicola Heuglin, J. f. O. 1863, p. 166 ; 1868, p. 9, pi. 1. fig. 2 [Gazelle E.] ; 

 Hartert, in Ansorge, Under Afr. Snn, App. p. 346 (1899) [Unyoro ; Uganda]; Reich. 

 Vog. Afr. iii. p. 184 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 214 (1905) [part.]. 

 a, 1. 6 S . 60 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley. 3500 ft., 16th Aug. 

 [Nos. 1789, 1790. I). C] 



Iris and bill red ; feet dark brown. 



The pair of birds obtained by Mr. Carruthers to the north of Fort Beni are 

 undoubtedly referable to Heuglin's Pale Waxbill, first described from the Gazelle 

 River. The three birds procured by Mr. F. J. Jackson's collectors in Toro and referred 

 to the present species by Captain Shelley in his work on 'The Birds of Africa ' have 

 been incorrectly identified, and are really referable to E. roseicrissa Reichenow, having 

 the characteristic umber-brown crown, of the same colour as the back. 



I have seen a fairly large series of examples of both the present species and 

 E. roseicrissa, including nine specimens of the former from the Tring Museum. From 

 these it is evident that the rosy flanks are equally characteristic of both species, and 

 are probably due partly to age and partly to season. 



Immature birds of this species are apparently hardly to be distinguished from 

 immature specimens of E. roseicrissa, the crown being of much the same brown colour 

 as the back. 



