1895.] FKOM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 463 



In Shoa the place of this species is taken by Oriohis monachus. 

 0. rolleti is a small race, which does not seem to me to be specifi- 

 cally distinct from 0. larvatus ; but it is this form which occurs in 

 Somali-land, and is recorded by Dr. Eeichenow from numerous 

 localities throughout Eastern Africa. Mr. Jackson met with the 

 species at Turquel in the Suk country and on Mount Elgon. 



0. rolleti is said by Heuglin to be found on the Upper White 

 Nile. On the Belenia Mountains it is not rare, but does not 

 extend north of 8° N. lat. 



Fam. Ploceid^. 



14. Vldua principalis. 



Vidua principalis, Heugl., Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 585 (1871) ; 

 Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 10 (1886); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 203 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, 

 p. 244. 



Vidua erythrorhyncha (Sw.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. 

 p. 181 (1884), vi. p. 285 (1888). 



Vidua Serena (L.) ; Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 193 

 (1894). 



a. S hiem. Sheik Husein, Oct. 30, 1894. Iris dark brown ; 

 bill vermilion. 



Heuglin was not certain whether this little Weaver-bird was 

 resident in North-eastern Africa. Its northern limit seems to be 

 between 16° and 17° N. lat., and from here it occurs southwards 

 on the coast and in the interior of Abyssinia, but not beyond 

 6000-7000 feet in Takah, Senar, Kordofan, and the region of the 

 White Nile. In Shoa, Antinori says that the species arrives in 

 May and remains tiU September. Dr. Eagazzi met with indi- 

 viduals in March, May, and June. Mr. Jackson only obtained 

 the species at Nzoni in February, but it is very widely spread over 

 East Africa, from the coast up to the Victoria Nyanza. 



15. LiNURA FISCHEEI. 



Linura fischeri, Eeichen. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) vi. p. 104 

 (1888) ; id. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 557 (1894: S. of 

 desert of Ogaden) ; Eeichen. A^'dg. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 192 (1894) ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 210 ,(1890). 



Vidua {Linura) fischeri, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. 

 art. 10 (1886). 



a. c? . Goura, Sept. 14, 1894. Iris dark brown ; feet salmon- 

 colour ; bill dull vermilion. 



h. S • Bussarler, Nov. 28, 1894. Iris brown ; bill and feet 

 salmon-colour. 



Somali-land must be one of the northern limits of the range of 

 this species. It was procured by Dr. Eagazzi at Sodde in Shoa 

 in August. Dr. Eeichenow records it from Useguha and the 

 plains south of Kilima-njaro. 



