collected in Uganda and British East Africa. 423 



bright, while the mantle is washed with brownish and the 

 under surface with greyish buff. The carmine of the flanks 

 is wanting. 



Localities. Kyetema, Mpumu, and Mabira, in Uganda. 



Lagonosticta r uberrima. 



S 1-3. 16.vi.10; 23.ix.09; 29.iv. 12. 

 ? 1-2. 18.vi. 12 ; 7.vii.l4. 



Nestling. 7.vii. 14. 



Common everywhere. Nests have been taken in every 

 month. These birds usually build in the thatching of out- 

 houses, on the ground under tufts of grass, in low bushes, 

 and so on, but we have taken a nest which was built on a 

 shelf in a living-room, the nest being built between two 

 tumblers ! The birds are extremely tame, and will hardly 

 get out of one's way should one be coming along a footpath 

 on which they are feeding. The nests are built of grass, 

 bits of paper, and any odd rubbish, and lined with feathers. 

 The eggs are white, sometim,es with a few black spots. 



Localities. Kyetema and Jiuja, in Uganda; Nairobi, 

 Kisumu, and Kane, in British East Africa. 



Lagonosticta congica. 



c?. 30.i.l2. 



Not common in Uganda. They go in pairs, and are to be 

 met with in the grass-country and in the scrub by native 

 villages ; they are also seen on the outskirts of forests. 



Locality. Kyetema, in Uganda. 



Lagonosticta rhodopareia. 



cJ & ?. 9.vi. 13. 

 ? . 14. ii. 14. 



Not common, but widely distributed in British East 

 Africa. A nest of this species was found in June, built in 

 a clump of grass ; in shape and in materials used it resem- 

 bled the nest of other Grassfinches. There were four eggs, 

 entirely white. 



Localities. Nairobi and Embu, in British East Africa. 



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