collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 407 



very pale — almost white. The nesting-season is from May 

 to July aiid December and January. 



Young birds in all stages of plumage were collected. 

 "When the birds are not breeding they would seem to 

 frequent the forests, rather than the open country. We 

 have seen these birds hawking for insects in a manner 

 similar to that of a Flycatcher. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mabira, Bwezu, Dwimi River, 

 Magada, and Buziranjuvo, in Uganda. 



Ploceus (jJIelanopteryx) inter scapularis. 



c? 1-5. 9.iv. 12; 2. v. 14 3 15.vi.l2; 14.vi.l2; 

 22. iv. 12. 



Imm. 25.viii. 14. 

 ? 1-4. 3.ix. 13; 30.vi. 14; 15.vi.l3; 7.x. 13. 



This rare forest Weaver has been described under two 

 different names : Reichenow naming the female P. inter- 

 scapularis, and Ogilvie-Grant the male P. mpanyce. From the 

 series before me and the descriptions given of these hitherto 

 unique specimens^ it is quite easy to see that one species 

 has received two names. Reichenovv's name comes first and 

 must stand. 



I have described the habits, nest, and eggs of this species 

 in the 'Journal of the East African and Uganda Natural 

 History Society,' vol. iv. 1913, p. 76. 



The males are like P. tricolor Hartl. (not castaneofuscus^ as 

 stated by Neumann in Oruith. Monatsber. xxii. 1914, p. 95) 

 but are smaller, and the yellow interscapular patch is nar- 

 rower and paler. The females are similar to the males, but 

 the chestnut of the breast and underparts is replaced by 

 black with a very faint tinge of brown. Young males are 

 like females, but the under surface is strongly washed with 

 brown, while the bill is horny-brown — not black, as in adults. 

 The nest is constructed of rootlets and fibres aud is loosely 

 woven ; the eggs are pure white. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mabira, and Kasala Forests, in 

 Uganda. 



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