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128. Sitagra ocularia crocata (Hartl.) 

 Masindi, Unyoro, May 1897. 



129. Heteryphantes eniini (Hartl.) 

 Masindi, Unyoro. 



130. Ploceus pachyrhynchus Rchw. 



Masindi, Unyoro. (Probably a sub-species of superciliosus.) 



131. Dinemellia dineinelli {Rvi^'p.) 

 Taru desert and Kinani, British East Africa. 



132. Pyromclana franciscana (Isert.) 

 Kafu River, Unyoro ; Kibero ; Naruangu, a short day's march 

 from Mruli on the Kafu River. 



133. Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.) 

 ^ ad. Mtibua, Usoga country, Uganda Protectorate, 19/12/96. 



134. Pyromelana ansorgei, sp. nov. (Plate II. fig. 2.) 



This evidently very distinct new species seems to be nearest 

 to P . friedrichseni Fisch. and Rchw. from Masai Land, but differs 

 in being very much larger, in having a narrower scarlet band 

 across the lower throat, and apparently also in having the back 

 and rump black, not scarlet. The upper part of the back (the 

 interscapulary region) only is orange, all the remainder of the 

 back is black with pale buff edges to the feathers. It is a 

 question whether these feathers are those of the fully adult bird, 

 but there is no sign of their not being so. Under tail-coverts 

 black with whitish-buff tips. Wing 90 mm., tail 66, culmen 19, 

 tarsus 25 mm. " Iris dark brown, feet chocolate-brown, bill 

 black." cJ, Masindi, Unyoro, 17/6/97. 



135. Urobrachya pha;nicea (Heugl.) 

 Mtibua, Usoga country, Uganda Protectorate. The bill of 

 this specimen is smaller than in one from " Mtoni," collected by 

 Bohndorff. 



