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Family Ploceid.b. 



20. Vidua serena. 



Vidua serena (Linn.) ; Shelley, iv. p. IG (1905). 



A large series of the White-breasted Whyclah was procured, 

 the species being found in almost every locality visited 

 between Addis Abbaba and Lake Stefanie. 



21. Steganura paradisea. 



Vidua paradisea (Linn.) ; Shelley, iv. p. 25 (1905). 

 An out-of-plumage male of the Paradise Whydah was shot 

 on the Elgo River, Garao, on the 2nd of September. 



22. COLIUSPASSER EQUES. 



CoUuspasser eques (Hartl.) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. xix. p. 290 (1910). 



Two adult males of Speke's White-winged Whydah were 

 procured, one on the N.E. shore of Lake Rudolf, the other at ■ 

 Gamo. There is also in the collection an immature specimen 

 marked " ? ," which is almost certainly a young male as is 

 shown by the measurement of the tail, 2'0 inches (50*5 mm.) ; 

 in the female the tail is much shorter. 



23. COLIUSPASSER LATICAUDA. 



CoUuspasser laticauda (Licht.) ; Shelley, iv. p. 38 (1905) ; 

 Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 347. 



The Red-naped Whydah was procured in Kaffa, Kullo, 

 Gofa and Walamo; all the specimens collected were adult 

 males in full plumage with the exception of one young male 

 in change. There is also an immature female believed to be 

 of this species with the underparts light rufous-buff, brightest 

 on the chest, which is indistinctly streaked with dusky on the 

 sides ; the under wing-coverts are dark sooty-brown and the 

 bastard primary is very short and pointed. Though this 

 specimen differs much from the adult females of C. laticauda 

 in the collection, I have no doubt that it has been correctly 

 identified, younger examples of the nearly allied C. ardens 

 being very similar. 



