576 Mr. W. R. Ogilvic-Gmnt on 



59. Hypiiantornis rubiginosus. 



Hy pliant or) lis rubiginosus (Riipp.) ; Shelley, iv, p. 433 

 (1905). 



Ploceus ruhiginosus Erlanger, J. f. O. 1907, p. 7. 



lliippell's Chestnut WeaA^er was recorded from Konta, 

 Sagan River, Konso, Lake Bakate ( = L. Gatijule), Gardiilla, 

 and Baroda. 



Males, both adult and immature, were shot between the 

 20tli and 30th of August in Konso, the adults being in full 

 plumage, while the young males resemble the females ; one 

 speeimen, however, is moulting in chestnut feathers on the 

 middle of the breast. The series is a very instructive one 

 and a welcome addition to the National collection. 



GO. Hyphantornis abyssinicus. 



Ploceus cucullutus abyssinicus (Gmel.) ; Neumann, J. f. O. 

 1905, p. 340. 



A considerable series of the Abyssinian Weaver was pro- 

 cured at Lake Koya, Lake Abbaya, Arussi, Jimma, Gum a, 

 Gofa, Lake Rudolf, Konso, and Gamo between the months 

 of January and September. The birds killed bet\veen 

 December and February are out of plumage : males in full 

 breeding-dress w^ere obtained between June and September. 

 It should be noted that these latter differ quite appreciably 

 from the males of H. abyssinicus from the highlands of 

 Abyssinia, about Lake Tsana, as well as from those from 

 British East Africa, in having the underparts uniform bright 

 yelloAV, washed with orange on the chest, while they lack the 

 rich rufous-buff or almost chestnut tinge which characterises 

 almost all the males from the above-mentioned localities. 

 There are, however, one or two intermediate specimens 

 from Eldoma, British East Africa, which make me hesitate 

 to separate the southern Abyssinian specimens collected 

 by Zaphiro. The females do not difler from those 

 of typical H. abyssinicus, having the throat only yellow. 

 In H.feminina O.-Grant, from Uganda and Ruwenzori, the 

 female has the whole of the underparts yellow. 



