412 Mr. V. G. L. van Somereu on Birds 



Ploceus (XanthopMlus) xanthops camburni. 

 S. 29.xii. 12. 



A single specimen was obtained in a papyrus-swamp. 

 Locality. Majanji, in Uganda. 



Ploceus (XanthopMlus) bojeri. 

 ?. lO.vi. 13. 



A single female was shot in an acacia-tree near a swamp 

 where these birds were breeding. These birds have brilliant 

 yellow inner webs to the wing-feathers. 



Locality. Erabu, in British East Africa. 



Ploceus (XanthopMlus) castanops, 



S 1-2. 24.ix. 10. 



?. 23.xi.10. 



Not very plentiful. They nest amongst the elephant- 

 grass or low mimosa-shrubs ; the eggs are pinkish with red- 

 brown spots. 



Localities. Kaziuga Channel and western shore, Buddu, 

 in Uganda. 



Ploceus (Ploceus) superciliosus. 



S 1-4. 20.V.12; 29.i.l2; 21.ix. 12; 21.ix.l2. 



?. 20.V. 12. 



Fairly common. They were breeding in May in the tall 

 elephant-grass. Three eggs are laid. Males breed before 

 they have assumed the full breeding-plumage. 



Localities. Kyetema and Mbarara, in Uganda. 



Amblyospiza melanotus. 



(J 1-10 ; ? 1-6. Collected in every month of the year. 



In this large series there is great variation in plumages, 

 in the males especially. Some have no white frontal band, 

 others have it extending to well beyond the eyes. In some 

 the head is pale, in others it is very dark, almost blackish, 

 as in A. unicolor. Two specimens have the mantle and 

 rump black, with only a faint tinge of brown; in three 

 the brown colour of the head extends to the rump, and 

 there are three specimens with a grey abdomen. There are 



