W. E. OGILYIE-GRANT— AYES. 303 



/. gimm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 6th Peb. [No. 3148. 



R B W.l 



g-r. 6 2 et 6 ? imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 600O-T00O ft., 14th-23rd 



March. [Nos. 1342, 1349, 1350, 1351, 1359*, 1390, 1391, 1396, 1397, 1413, 1414. 

 D. C] 



This species is closely allied to V. quartima (Bonap.), but somewhat smaller and 

 has the middle of the belly more ochraceous. In one male example (No. 1349) there 

 is a distinct dull orange-scarlet patch on the middle of the upper breast. In the 

 deeper colour of the belly it approaches K Hlimensis (Sharpe), but differs in having 

 the throat and breast pearl-grey instead of smoky grey. 



Iris dark brown or dark hazel; upper mandible black, lower red ; feet dark brown 



or black. 



The immature bird differs from the adult in having the back uniform olive, without 

 any trace of the narrow dusky cross-bars which characterise the adult. Bill black, 

 or with some red on the lower mandible ; in other respects it resembles the adult. 



When I described this species as new under the name N. minima, I was not aware 

 that it had already been named by Professor Neumann. The type of N. nyansoe, 

 procured by Emin Pasha at Bukoba, on the western shore of Victoria Nyanza, is in the 



Berlin Museum. 



[The Nyanza Waxbill was plentiful in the Toro district, around Fort Portal, and on 

 the east side of Ruwenzori up to an altitude of 7000 ft., but was not met with below 

 5000 ft., where the land slopes down towards Lake George. It was particularly 

 fond of the seeds of a large thistle which grows on the mountains.— R. B. If .] 



Vidua serena (Linn.). 



Vidua serena Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 217 (1904); Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 16 (1905) ; Jackson, 

 Ibis, 1906, p. 560 [Toro]. 



a 6 30 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 26th Nov. [No. 3007. R. B. IP.] 



(i. 

 h 6 _ 12 „ „ 4200 ft., Sth Dec. [No. 1049. I). C] 



c ik. ' 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 9th-19th May. [Nos. 1530, 1531, 



1567, 1568, 1590 f. D. C; 3442. R. B. IP.] 



i-n. 8 2 et 2 imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 10th-15th June. [Nos. 44o, 444. 



d d 



445 453. R. E. D. ; 2403. 6. L.] 



o. <j juv. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori, 4000 ft., 20th July. [No. 2442. 0. L.] 



* Types of Neisna minima Grant. 



+ No 1590 marked as a female, is almost certainly an immature male ; the middle tail-feathers are very 

 long, 8-1 inches, while the remainder of the plumage is much like that of the female. As a rule, the black 

 plumage of the head and back is assumed before the long tail-feathers appear. 



