NO. 14 FIVE NEW AFRICAN WEAVER-BIRDS — MEARNS 5 



Characters. — Most closely related to Lagonosticta rubricata hilde- 

 brandti, but smaller ; coloration paler, less intense ; mantle less olive 

 tinted, and washed with red ; crown slate color, very slightly washed 

 with red ; chest and sides morocco red instead of ox-blood red ; sides 

 sparsely spotted with pure white. As pointed out by Ogilvie-Grant 

 (Ibis, 1908, p. 272), Lagonosticta rubricata rhodopareia Heuglin, 

 from Keren, in Bogosland, differs in having the top of the head 

 brownish gray without any wash of red — the opposite condition from 

 hildebrandti. 



Measurements of type. — Length of skin, 103; wing, 48; tail, 47; 

 culmen (chord), 10.5 ; tarsus, 15. 



Geographical range. — Basins of Abaya and Stefanie lakes, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Material. — Sixteen specimens from Gato River, near Gardulla, 

 Sagan River, Bodessa, and Tertale. 



