collected in East Africa. 249 



Coliuspasser xanthomelas, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 293 (Be- 

 tween Taveta and Moshi). 

 No. 15. S ad. Mararu, Teita, Dec. 12, 1888. 

 No. 259. c? juv. Sav^, Elgon, 6000 feet, Dec. 13, 1890.— 



Iris brown ; legs pale fleshy brown ; the lower mandible 



pale horn-colour. 

 No. 14. c? ad. Elgeyo, July 6, 1890. — Iris brown; legs 



brown; bill bluish horny white. Plentiful along the 



hill-side. Evidently breeding. 

 No. 21. ^ ad. Elgeyo, July 7, 1890. Legs dark brown ; 



irides brown ; bill horn-blue. 



28. Pyromelana taha. 



Pyromelana taha (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 242. 



No. 55. ^ ad. Masai Land, July 20, 1890. — Irides brown; 

 bill black ; legs '' shrimp '^-brown. Breeding in small 

 numbers in a swamp two marches south of Doreta. 



This is a small form of P. taha, with smaller measure- 

 ments, and having the golden yellow of the head and back 

 paler, but I do not propose to separate it specifically, as, if 

 Cliera procne extends to the interior of Eastern Africa, why 

 should not also P. taha ? 



29. Philet^rus emini. 



Nigrita emini, Reichenow, J. f. O. 1891, p. 4. 



The four specimens sent by Mr. Jackson are certainly 

 paler than in P. arnaudi, and have the head lighter pearly 

 grey. I expected that they would have proved to be P. dorsalis 

 of Keichenow (J. £. O. 1887, p. 71), but the latter gentleman 

 has just forwarded me (March 6, 1891) a printed separate 

 copy of his paper on Emin Pasha^s last collection, and I find 

 that he has called this species P. emini. 



30. QUELEA cardinalis. 



Quelea car dinalis {HdiVtl.) \ Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. , ^.j ^ ^ ^-t^ 

 p. 256 (1890). 



Hyphantica cardinalis, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 134 

 (Nguruman) . 



