collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 415 



the western Provinces. The male had large testes, but is 

 in full moult on the head, where new crimson feathers are 

 sprouting, while the remainder of the plumage is worn, 

 I can find no trace of body-moult or new feathers coming 

 in. Do males simply change the colour of the head when 

 the breeding-season comes on ? 

 Locality. Mawakota, in Uganda. 



ftnelea intermedia. 



Quelea sanguinb-ostins (sthiopica (Sund.) ; Reichenow, Vog. 

 Afr. iii. p. 109 [part.]. 



c? 1-4. 30. X. 10 ; 28. xi. 10 ; 20. xi. 10 ; 7. vi. 09. 



? 1-3. 26.xi. 10; 7.vi.09; 28.xi. 10. 



Very plentiful in the western Provinces in the grass-lands 

 and about the native shambas. There are no two birds 

 alike amongst the males, with respect to the colour of the 

 head. Some males were breeding before they had attained 

 the full plumage. 



Localities. Toro and Lake Edward, in Uganda. 



Quelea cardinalis. 



S 1-4. 14. vii. 12 ; 25. vi. 12 ; 4. i. 10 ; 12. viii. 12. 



Imm. 20.xii.09. 

 ¥ 1-3. 29.xii.09; 14. vii. 12; 26.i. 12. 



Common, frequenting the grass -country and native 

 gardens. They were breeding in May and June in a swamp 

 near Nairobi. The nest, a semi-domed structure, was slung 

 between two reed-stems. 



Localities. Kyetema, Sio River, Kabanga, and Jinja, in 

 Uganda ; Kisumu and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



Pyromelana ansorgei. 



^ 1-3. 5. ix. 10 ; 7. vii. 12 ; 15. vi. 12, 



This Whydah was not common, one met with an odd 

 pair here and there in the swampy country. They were 

 apparently breeding in June and September. The males 

 are all in full breeding-dress. 



Localities. Mpumu and Sio River, in Uganda. 



