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the northern form, H. intermedins. The only adult male procured by Mr. Pease at 

 Daira Aila, in Southern Abyssinia, is clearly referable to H. intermeclius. 



I have examined full-plumaged males of typical H. intermedins from Shoa, Southern 

 Abyssinia, Lamu, Pangani, and from South-east Ruwenzori ; and of //. ca5««m from 

 Nyasaland, Matabele, Bamangwato, and Damaraland. 



[The Intermediate Masked Weaver was only met vi^ith on the plains at, the south- 

 east end of liuwenzori. — B. B. TF.] 



Hyphantoenis feminina Grant. 



Hyphantornis femlnina Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 15 (1907). 

 a. 6 . 30 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 26th Nov. [No. 2006. G. Z.] 

 *. $ . 40 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 27th Nov. [No. 3010. B. B. W.] 

 c. 6 . 50 miles W. of Entebbe, 3700 ft., 28th Nov. [No. 2010. G. i.] 

 d-n. 6 $ . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 28th-30th April. [Nos. 256, 258. 



d. d. d. d. 



B. E. B.; 1464. B. C. ; 2296, 2301, 2302, 2308. G. L. ■ 3294, 3296, 3297. B. B. W.] 

 o-x. 6 2 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 2nd-24th May. [Nos. 321, 322 *, 



d. d. d. d. 



.323, 327, 363. B. B. B. : 2317 *, 2390. G. L. ; 3355, 3356, 3370. B. B. W.] 



y, z. $ . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 4th & 6th June. [Nos. 423, 434. 

 B. E. B.] 



The adult male does not appear to differ in any marked particular from typical 

 males of ff. ahyssinicus (Gmel.). Iris pink, red, orange, chestnut, or brown ; bill 

 dark horn-colour or black; feet brown or flesh-colour. Total length 5-8 inches; 

 culmen 0*85; wing 3'5 ; tail 2'05 ; tarsus 0'9. 



The adult female differs from the female of H. ahyssinicus (Gmel.), which has the 

 chin and throat yellow and the rest of the underparts buff, in having the underparts 

 mostly yellow, much as in H. cucullatus (MiilL). Freshly moulted females (April to 

 May) have the mantle and back washed with dull greenish-yellow, while in a winter 

 specimen (November) these parts are greyish-brown in strong contrast to the head 

 and nape, which are washed with yellow. Total length 5-8 inches; culmen 0-85; 

 wing 3T5 ; tail 1-85; tarsus 87. 



There are numerous examples of this form in the Jackson Collection from various 

 localities in Uganda. 



[This large Weaver was plentiful on the plains at the south-eastern end of 

 Ruwenzori and also at Fort Beni. It was breeding in large colonies in the acacias 

 and hundreds of nests might be seen in a single tree. — B. B. W.~\ 



* Types of the species. 



