during a Journey to the Ruwenzori Range. 563 



These birds are very common on Ruwenzori, going about 

 in small flocks of five or six individuals. It is the only 

 species of Weaver- Finch that we have met with up to this 

 date. 



159. Cryptospiza jacksoni. 



Cryptospiza jacksoni Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. p. 8 

 (1902) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 175 (1904); Shelley, 

 B. Africa, iv. p. 280, pi. xxxv. fig. 2 (1905). 



H. 782. <$. Ruwenzori, Feb. 10, 1902. Iris brown; 

 bill black ; feet sepia-brown. 



H. 783. (J ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 10, 1902. Feet blackish 

 brown. 



H. 806. <$ ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 11, 1902. 



H. 855. S ad. „ Feb. 15, 1902. 



160. Cryptospiza shelleyi. 



Cryptospiza shelleyi Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. p. 21 

 (1902); Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 175 (1904); Shelley, 

 B. Africa, iv. p. 280, pi. xxxv. fig. 3 (1905). 



H. 833. S ad. Ruwenzori, Feb. 22, 1902. Iris brown; 

 bill dark brown, crimson at the tip ; lower mandible also 

 crimson ; feet sepia-brown. The only specimen of this 

 species seen up to the present time. 



161. ZoNOGASTRIS MELBA. 



Zonogastris melba (Linn.) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 606 

 (Kibwezi; Lake Baringo) ; Hartert,iu Ansorge's Afr. Sun, 

 App. p. 346 (1899 : Makindros River). 



Fitylia melba Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 284 (Kavirondo). 



Pytelia melba Shelley, B. Africa, iv. p. 273 (1905). 



Pytilia melba Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 163 (1904). 



II. 1040. $ juv. Near Kangao's, Toro, March 12, 1902. 

 Bill dark brown, lower mandible pinkish. Feet greyish 

 brown. Iris yellowish brown. 



H. 1170. (J ad. Aukole, April 3, 1902. Iris yellowish 

 brown ; bill coral-pink, culmen brownish. Feet light 

 brown. 



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