424 Mr. V. G. L. van Soinereu on Birds 



Ortygospiza polyzona. 

 (J 1 ; ? 1-2. 18. xii. 12. 



These appear to be typical O. polyzona. They liave white 

 chins and white circles round the eyes. 

 Locality. Naknru, in British East Africa. 



Ortygospiza gabonensis. 



Ortygospiza gabonensis Lynes, Bull. B. O. C. xxxiii. 1914: 

 Gaboon. 



?. 2.x. 10. 



A female in breeding-condition. This bird has been 

 compared by Dr. Hartert with birds in the Britisli Museum 

 and in Tring. It agrees perfectly with females of O. gabo- 

 nensis. A specimen in the Tring Museum from the White 

 Nile appears to be O. atricollis ! 



Locality. Butiti, in Uganda. 



Neisna nyansae. 



Neisna dufresnayi nyansa Neumann, J. Ornitli. liii. 1905, 

 p. 350 : Bukoba, Victoria Nyanza. 



^. 17.i.l4. 



I cannot see any difference between this species and 

 N. kilimensis Sharpe. This species inhabits the grass-lands 

 on the outskirts of forests. 



Locality. Toro, in Uganda. 



Neisna kilimensis. 



cJ 1-2. 17.xi.l2. 



? . 14. vi. 14. 



Juv. 14.vi.l3. 



The two adult specimens are breeding birds and in good 

 condition. They are just as bright ochraceous on the 

 underside as Uganda birds, and the throat is just as light. 

 The young bird has the bill black, the lower surface dull 

 ochraceous, with the flanks washed with olive-grey ; the 

 crown is dark olive-grey ; the mantle is olive, but not 

 barred, and the rump and tail-coverts orange. 



Localities. Londiani and Nairobi, in British East Africa. 



