490 Mr. L. M. Setli-Smitli on 



roosting-quarters are old nests, eitlier their own or those of 

 Weavers, into which they crowd sometimes as many as ten 

 or more together. 



32. Estrilda paludicola. A common bird in swamjiy 

 ground. 1 found a nest of this species (on 2 January, 

 1905, at Entebbe) built on the ground among long grass. 

 It was composed of grass, and of the usual circular form 

 with a hole in the side. I have obtained young of this 

 species, evidently only just out of the nest, in May. 



33. Estrilda nonnula. Common in all the native gardens 

 and in forests, Tlie nest is of the usual Grass-Finch type, 

 built from three to eight feet from the groiind with a pro- 

 jecting tube, but has the addition of a second and smaller 

 nest above. This is said to be for the cock bird, but is it 

 not possibly a blind for enemies ? The tube is almost closed, 

 while the upper nest is easily seen into and Avould appear 

 empty. It nests either in the middle of forest or in bushes 

 and gardens in April and May and probably ag.iin later, as 

 1 have found young jnst out of the nest in September. 



34. Estrilda minor. 



Estrilda minor (Cab.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. 190:>, p. 198. 

 Common. Nests in April and May. 



35. La-gonosticta rhodoparia. Not uncommon. I have 

 never found its nest. 



30. Lagonosticta brunneiceps. Very common every u here. 

 Nests in outbuildings, the nest being composed of grass and 

 feather?. 



37. Spermospiza rubricapilla. Seen once or twice, but by 

 no means common. The nest was once found on October, 

 1911, in tne fork of a small thorny tree ten feet from the 

 ground in a very conspicuous position in the forest. It was 

 very untidy, composed of coarse grass and lined with fine 

 grass, the whole covered Avith loosely hanging dry ferns. 

 The birds were vcrv shy, and never came near the nest while 



