Collection of Birds 



Ploceidae 



240. Tc.\'tor albii'osti'is intcrnicdius, Cab. Middle reaches of the 

 Pan^ani, III.; Xjiri, Y.; X^aptuk, X. ; Donje Liok, IX.; Koron^i, 

 III.; Lahtte Mountains, III. 



In March I found these weaver-birds breeding. The whitish, 

 or LjTecn-whitish, ei^'s have very fine Ljrey or brown spots, and 

 measure 20 to 30 x 19 to 2O mm. 



241. Diiieiucllia liincinclli [Hcrt. ] Riipp. . Xjiri, Y., \'I.; 

 Donje Lrok, YIN.; Yumbe ya Mawe. I\". 



242. Sporopipcs frontalis 'Daud. . Xjiri, YL; Donie Lrok, IX. 



243. I^loccus reic'icnoisi I ; schr. . Moslii, I \'., X 1 1. 



244. /'/<>ci'/ts incldiioxantJnis Cab. . Middle reaches of the 

 Tan-ani, III. ; Pare, II. ; Donje Krok, XI. 



245. Ploccns ocnlarius cnwctHs Ilartl. . Moslii, I \ '., XIII. 



246. Ploccns 1'iibigiuosuS) Riipp. Xjiri, \ III.; Donie Mrok, IX.; 

 Xgaptuk, X. ; Merker Lakes, XI. 



I found the weavers breeding February 2Sth. '1 he I'LJLJS, not 

 seen before, are liidit blue, and measure 12 to 14 x ; to Tc; mm. 



247. rii>i\'iis iiii^riccf 1 * i .ay. . Campa ya Simb.i, XII.; M'-shi. 

 IV., XII. ; Kilimanjaro, VIII. 



1 met with lar_;e colonies ot the-e \\ ea\ 'cr-birds near Mason- 

 14'oleni 'near Kibu'e/i . 1 hex had just built their \\onderful nests. 

 The e^s were oi alight bluish (. olour, with reddish-brown speckles. 

 The nests without a tunnelled entrance were woven tr m the 

 broader kind ot sedi^e-s^rass ; the inside, or interior, was lined 

 with the jjTecn leaves (now ot course' dried up)ot the tall acacia- 

 trees only. 



248. rhccnssptkci IIeu-1. . Mtrker Lake-, XI. 



24^. rii>Ci-iis /tii'kst>/n\ Shell. Cam])! ya Simba ( I )ji['e Lake , X I I . 



2^0. ritu \'/'s ('ii/<!///.\/ 1'trs. . Masimani, III. 



251. /'/WHS tiitn'of/tirnx, A. Sin. Ma-ailaud. 



2;2. ! /'/fvv/rv .SV////////V.V/, Kchw. Njiii, VII.. VIII.; X-aptuk, 

 X. ; middle reaclu- of the I'an-ani, i I 1. : Masimani ( M iddle Kuliii. 

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