1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 465 



Ch-ipuv xanthomelas, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 190 

 (189-ij. 



a. J imm. Biidda, Nov. 4, 1894. Feet and iris brown. 



Found by Eiippell in tlie provinces of Tembien and Semien in 

 Abyssinia. Heuglin met with this species in the highlands of 

 Wogara, up to 8000 to 10,000 feet. Antinori says that he found it 

 in the country of the Kidj Negroes on the Upper "White Nile, 

 where Heuglin never observed it. From May to October Antinori 

 found this Weaver-bird in Shoa, where it was cominon in the 

 " Kolla " districts, and Eagazzi procured specimens from Antoto 

 in December. Mr. Jacksou met with it on Mount Elgon in 

 December, and at Elgeyo in July ; while Dr. Eeiehenow gives 

 several places where the species has been procured in German 

 East Africa. 



19. PhILETjERTTS cabanisi. 



Philceterus cahanisi (F. & E.) ; iSharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. siii. 

 p. 251 (1890). 



Nifjrita cahanisi, Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 184 (1894). 

 n, h, c. S ad. ; d. $ ad. Dabulla, July 16. Bill silvery white ; 

 feet brownish flesh-colour ; iris orange. 



This is a considerable extension of the northward range of 

 this Weaver-bird, which was only known before from the Masai 

 country. 



20. QUELEA ^THIOPICA. 



Hyphantica cfthiopica (Sund.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. j). 543 

 (1871). 



Quelea crtMopica, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 19;j (1884), 

 vi. p. 293 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 259 (1890) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1891, p. 250. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. athiopicus. Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes 

 Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 10 (1886). 



a. 6; h. 2 . Shebeli Eiver, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris reddish 

 brown ; bill red ; feet dark flesh-colour ; eyelids raw- 

 sienna. In the female the iris was brown. 



c. $ ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1874. Bill pale carmine ; feet flesh- 



colour; iris light brown ; eyelid yellow-ochre. 



d. $ ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1894. Bill and eyelids pale yellow ; 



feet flesh-colour ; iris light brown. 



The way in which the black varies in extent on the lores in 

 this series makes me very doubtful of the validity of Q. in- 

 termedia. 



According to Heuglin, this species is a migi-ant in Kordofan, 

 Senar, Southern Nubia, and Takah mth the first summer rains. 

 It inhabits the mountains, up to 6000 feet, as far east as Bogos- 

 land. It goes southwards in September and October, and he met 

 with numbers of this bird in the White Nile district in January. 



Pkoc. ZooL. Soc— 1895, No. XXX. 30 



