302 ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS OP THE RUWENZORI EXPEDITION. 



[A nest of this 6pecies was found on the plains at the south end of Ruwenzori 

 (3400 ft.). It was placed in a low fence surrounding a native garden, and was composed 

 of small sticks, roots, and grass. It was partially domed and, on the 10th of June, 

 contained three pure white eggs, which measure respectively - 55X"44, *54X'45, and 

 •53X'44 in. This bird often builds its nest in the thatch of native huts. — R. B. IV.] 



Lagonosticta ehodopakia Heugl. 



Lagonosticta rhodopareia Reich. Viig. Afr. hi. p. 200 (1904); Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 250, 

 pi. xxxiv. fig. 1 (1905) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 565 [Toro] ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 272 

 [Mufumbiro Volcanoes; Lake Kivu]. 



Lagonosticta rubricata hildebrandti p. 167, and L. r. hcematocephala, p. 168, Neumann, Orn. 

 Monatsb. xv. (1907). 



Lagonosticta uganda Salvad. Boll. Mus. Torino, xxi. no. 542, p. 2 (1906) [Fort Portal]. 



a. d . 12 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft, 24th Nov. [No. 2004. G. L.] 



b. d . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 25th Jan. [No. 2113. G. L.] 



c. d imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 19th March. [No. 1380. D. C] 

 Adult male. Iris dark brown ; bill horn-blue or slate-blue ; feet brown or black. 

 Immature male. Iris dark brown ; bill blue-grey, black at the tip ; feet dark brown. 

 I have already fully stated my reasons (' Ibis,' 1908, p. 272) for differing entirely from 



the conclusions recently arrived at by Prof. Neumann, and for regarding all the birds 

 described under the above names as synonymous with L. rhodoparia Heugl. In the 

 colour of the upperparts the type of that species closely resembles examples in the British 

 Museum collected by Lord Lovat in Southern Abyssinia, and also birds from the 

 Gessima River, Likipia, B.E. Africa. Lord Lovat's specimens were doubtfully referred 

 to L. congica Sharpe (cf. ' Ibis,' 1900. p. 127). but whether the type of that species is 

 merely an immature example of L. rhodoparia requires further confirmation. 



[The Rosy Black-billed Fire-Finch was obtained near Entebbe, and two specimens 

 were procured on the east side of Ruwenzori at an elevation of 6000 ft. in January 

 and March. Possibly the species may be more numerous at some other season of the 

 year.— B. B. W.] 



Neisna nyans.e Neumann. (Plate X. fig. 4, d .) 



Neisna dufresneyi nyansce Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 350. 



Neisna minima Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 117 (1906). 



Neisna nyansce Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 274 [Mufumbiro Volcanoes ; Lake Kivu]. 



d. 



a. h. d imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 30th Dec. [Nos. 1073, 

 1074. D. C] 



C-e. d et d $ imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft. 6th-29th Jan. 



(i. 

 [Nos. 1106 * 1175. J). C; 2125. G. L.~\ 



