574' Mr. W. E. Ogilvie-Grant on 



i)arts a more dusky appearance. Iris brownish-black. 

 Wing 72 mm., tail 42. 



The adult ftmale is similar to the female of A. imberbis, 

 ])ut is without distinct dark shaft-streaks on the feathers of 

 the chest, -while those on the sides and flanks are much 

 narrower and confined more or less to the shaft. Wing 

 G4 mm. 



The type of the male was procured in Jimma, at an altitude 

 of 5000 feet, on the 21st of May, and of the female on the 

 8th of JMay at au altitude of 2000 feet. 



57. IIeterhypiiantes baglafecht. 



Othypliantes baglafecht (Vicill.) ; Shelley, iv. p. 454 (1905). 



Othyphantes lovati Shelley, t. c. p. 457. 



Ploceus baglafecht Yieill. ; Neumann, J. f. 0. 1905, p. 337. 



Examples of the Baglafecht Weaver were obtained in the 



neighbourhood of Addis Abbaba, in Guma, Jimma, Kafta, 



KuUo and Gofa, between the months of May and October. 



In addition to these, the British Museum possesses specimens 



from Abyssinia killed at other seasons. 



The large series noAv available for comparison, shot iu 

 almost every month of the year, has enabled me to prove 

 that the 0. lovati, separated by Shelley from H. baglafecht on 

 account of its uniform green back and rump, is nothing more 

 or less than the adult male of that species in nearly full 

 breeding-plumage. Both males and females are generally in 

 winter-plumage from November to January, and sometimes 

 later, and are then perfectly similar to one another as 

 described by Shelley. Some individuals, however, begin to 

 put on breeding-plumage much earlier than others — and we 

 find examples killed at Antoto in January which have already 

 assumed the full breeding-plumage, except on parts of the 

 back. Some individuals do not complete the olive breeding- 

 plumage on the lower back and rump, and in others these 

 parts remain in the light ash-brown winter-plumage with 

 perhaps here and there an olive feather. Individuals vary 

 greatly in this respect, and I have before me specimens 

 killed at Antoto in the end of September with the entire 



