414 Mr. V. G. L. van Someren on Birds 



some tliorny bush. Young birds have the head, throat, and 

 breast brownish and the rest of the plumage a dull black ; 

 a few red feathers are present on the rump. Young females 

 have a whitish tinge to the breast. 



These birds are found in the forest. 



Localities. Mabira, Kivuvu, and Bugoma Forests, in 

 Uganda. 



Pyrenestes coccineus. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus (Vieill.) ; Reichenow, Yog. Afr. iii. 

 p. 106. 



(? & ? . 25. vi. 06. 



This is an uncommon species, which is found in the forests. 



Locality. Bale, in Uganda. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus centralis. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus centralis Neumann, J. Ornith. Iviii. 

 1910, p. 529 : Sesse Isls., Victoria Nyanza. 



S 1-3. 17.xi. 13; 7. iii. 13; 26. ii. 14. 

 ? 1. 10.x. 13. 



A very rare species, confined to the forests. In this 

 small series no two males have the same-sized bills, the 

 largest is equal in size to that of P. ostrinus ostrinus, while 

 the smallest is equal in size to bills of P. coccineus. The 

 difference in size is not so much in the length of the 

 culmen_, but in the depth of the lower mandible. All these 

 specimens are adult birds. Culmen along the cutting-edge 

 15-18 mm. Wings 67-72 mm. 



Localities. Mabira and Bugoma Forests^ in Uganda. 



Guelea aethiopica. 



J Sc ? . 24. X. 10. 



Plentiful at certain times of the year in the native gardens. 



Locality. Bwezu Toro, in Uganda. 



Guelea erythrops. 



(^ & ?. 5.iv. 12. 



Several small flocks were met with from time to time in 



