578 Mv. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant on 



66. SiTAGRA OCULARIA ABAYENSIS. 



P/oceus oculariiis abayensis Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 339. 



Sitagra ocularia (Smitli) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 xix. p. 280 (1910). 



The series of this Spectacled Weaver procured in southern 

 Abyssinia includes only three adult male examples and it is 

 difficult to judge from these specimens as to the value of the 

 characters ascribed to this subspecies by Professor Neumann. 

 One male only has the hinder-part of the croAvu in full 

 plumage and in tliat specimeu the golden forehead does not 

 extend over the head much beyond the eyes, the hinder- 

 part being golden-olive. The difference between this 

 specimen and typical S. ocularia is slight, but if constant 

 may justify the separation of the southern Abyssinian bird. 

 As regards Ploceus ocularius suahelicus, Neumann (J. f . O. 

 1905, p. 339), which is said to range in East Africa from the 

 Zambesi and Mozambique to IMombasa and Lamu, I can see 

 no reason for separating these birds from typical S. ocularia, 

 in which I also include P. crocatus Harfclaub, as has 

 already been explained in the lleport on the Ruwenzori 

 Expedition quoted above. 



Zaphiro procured specimens at Lake Zwai, Arussi, Jimma 

 and Kullo between January and June. 



67. SiTAGRA LUTEOLA. 



Sitagra luteola (Licht.) ; Shelley, iv. p. 397 (1905) ; 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. xix. p. 281 (1910). 



Ploceus luteohis Neumann, J. f. O. 1905, p. 311. 



Examples of Lichtenstein's Weaver were collected at tlie 

 River Mukki (west of Addis Abbaba),Lake Zwai, Arussi, Uba, 

 at the north end of Lake Rudolf and in Gamo. Full-plumaged 

 males were procured in July, August and September, and 

 an adult male beginning to assume breeding-plumage in 

 January, while a younger male, apparently assuming 

 breeding-dress for the first time, was killed in September. 



G8. Amdlyospiza melanota. 



Ambhjosjnza melanota (Heugl.) ; Shelley, iv. p. 307 

 (1905). 



