280 ZOOLOGICAL EESFLTS 0¥ THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



be found in Captain Shelley's work, but they require modification, being partly based 

 on assumption. 



Seven adult males have the entire head and throat black, the latter bordered by a 

 wide chestnut area. 



Six adult females have the chin and upper part of the throat black and the lower 

 part of the throat deep chestnut, like the surrounding area. 



Two skins marked d , one in the Jackson Collection and the other (No. 117) 

 l)rocured by Mr. Dent, have the throat like that of the adult females described above, 

 the black feathers not extending beyond the upper part of the throat. Mr. Dent notes 

 that his specimen was " breeding," and though it is difficult to believe that so careful a 

 collector can have made a mistake, it seems probable that he has accidentally marked 

 " d " on the label where he meant to mark " ? ." 



An apparently fully adult female shot by Mr. Legge (no. 2244) has only the chin 

 black, the whole throat being chestnut. 



Five specimens (two males and three females) are in partially immature plumage, 

 with the base of the under mandible whitish and with many of the feathers of the head 

 and throat olive, like the back. The black feathers on the throat are confined to the 

 upper part in males and females alike. 



In a younger female the entire head and throat are olive-colour, the feathers of the 

 upper chest being tinged with orange, indicating the position of the chestnut area. 



In a still younger male the middle of the breast and belly is white tinged with 

 buff and mixed with a few yellow feathers on the sides. 



The nest found on the 23rd of January contained two eggs, of a long oval shape 

 and devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is creamy-white thickly speckled with brick- 

 red and with a few underlying spots of dull lavender-grey. They measure respectively 

 •93 by -58 and -88 by -59. 



[The Alien Weaver was found on Euwenzori from an elevation of 5500 ft. up to 

 8500, frequenting both the forest and the more open country below. A nest found at 

 an altitude of 6000 ft. was suspended from the end of a bough, about 10 ft. above the 

 ground, and was composed almost entirely of the thin tendrils of creepers with a few 

 fine strips from blades of grass. — R. B. W.'] 



SiTAQEA OCULARIA (Smith). 

 Ploceus ocularius p. 45 and P. o. crocatus (Hartl.) p. 46, Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. (1904). 

 Hyphanturgus ocularius Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 385 (1905). 



a,h. ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 29th & 31st Dec. [Nos. 1075. 



I), a ; 2036. G. L.] 



c, d. d et 2 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 5000-6000 ft., 3rd & 7th April. 

 [Nos. 2266, 2280. G. L.] 



