30.2 Capt. G. E. Shelley on 



Irides browu. Stomach contained small seeds. Common 

 in the shaiibas. 



51 . Pytilia melba (Linn.). 

 S. Manda Island, 14. 11. 85. 

 $ . Manda Island, 24. 5. 86. 



Irides pinky red ; bill of J blood-red. Plentiful near the 

 shambas. 



52. Vidua hypocherina, Verr. 

 c^. Jipi, 27. 9. 85. 



Rare. Shot out of a large flock of Vidua principalis. Saw 

 one specimen at Kilima-njaro. 



New to British Museum collection. 



53. Vidua principalis (Linn.). 

 Tangani and Manda Island. 



Bill vermilion ; legs black. Scarce on Manda Island, but 

 plentiful in the marshy ground on the mainland. This bird 

 is very pugnacious and will drive any other small birds away 

 from its haunts. 



54. Vidua paradisea (Linn.). 

 J . Manda Island, 9. 5. 86. 



Saw several specimens in May on Manda Island, but none 

 in November. I also saw it at Kilima-njaro. 



55. Pyromelana nigriventris (Cass.). 

 Manda Island. 



56. Pyromelana diademata (Fisch. et Reichen.). 

 c?. Jipi. 



Common in the rice-fields in September 1885. 



57. Ploceus melanoxanthus (Cab.). 

 Manda Island. 



The male has the irides crimson, the legs pinky flesh- 

 colour. 



58. Ploceus nigriceps (Layard). 

 ^. Tangani, 21. 8. 85. 



Irides orange-red. Fairly plentiful. 



