collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 41 1 



resembling P. capitalis. It appears to me that we have two 

 distinct subspecies here, but as we are unable to examine 

 the types of P.fischeri and P. dimidiatus, no final conclusion 

 can be drawn. 



These birds nest in colonies in the papyrus-swamps, making 

 the framework of their nests of the strands of the papyrus 

 flowering-heads, and lining this with broad reed-blades, and 

 finishing them off with finer grass. Two nests are some- 

 times built on the same stalk. The eggs, usually two in 

 number, vary from white to blue, pink, brown, terracotta, 

 green or dark chocolate, and are uniform, or spotted with 

 ash-brown and red-brown. 



They breed in December and January, and in May to 

 July. 



Localities. No. 1 : Kyanuna, Bukurungu, Kyakasengula, 

 Kariba's Camp, Nile Province, and Chagwe, in Uganda. 

 No. 2 : Kisumu to Kano, in British East Africa. 



Ploceus (Sitagra) pelzelni. 



c? 1-6. 2.vii. 12; 31.vii.06; 20.vii.06; 5. iv. 12 ; 

 2.vii.l2. 



? 1-3. 21.vii.06; 22.x. 10; S.vii. 12. 



This small Black-faced Weaver was common in the 

 papyrus-swamps. They arrived in numbers in July at 

 Kisumu swamp and commenced to nest straight away. 

 Sometimes two nests were constructed on the one stem, 

 but only one was occupied. They did not mix with the 

 P. dimidiatus which were nesting in the same swamp, but 

 kept to a small colony of their own. 



I am inclined to think that the East African birds are 

 rather more strongly built than the Uganda birds, and that 

 the males have less black on the head and females more 

 golden on the crown. This is the case in our small series. 

 Furthermore, all the eggs taken at Kisumu were invariably 

 pure white, while Uganda specimens were dirty or salmon- 

 pink. 



Localities. Mawakota, Bukurungu, and Sesse Isles, in 

 Uganda ; Kisumu and Kano, in British East Africa. 



