W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AVES. 281 



e~i. cJ ? et c? 2 imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 5th-29th May. [Nos, 301, 



385, 391. E. E. J). ; 1613. I). C. : 3324. R. B. PF.] 



Jc. 6 . Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 8000 ft., 24th July. [No. 496. R. E. D.] 



Adult male. Iris varies from pale yellow to dark brown ; bill black ; feet pink, grey, 

 or slate-colour. 



Adult female. Iris white or cream-colour; bill black; feet slate- or blue-grey. 



According to Dr. Eeichenow the bird from Equatorial and East Africa, as far south 

 as Nyasaland, &c., belongs to a rather smaller and more richly coloured race, which 

 has been named S. croccda (Hartlaub). I have compared typical examples of this 

 form from Equatorial Africa with the type of *S^. ooularia (Smith) and with a series of 

 specimens from Natal and other parts of South Africa, and am unable to see any 

 difference in plumage, though the bill of the southern form is, on the whole, slightly 

 longer, but the difference is trifling. The male (k) from Fort Beni killed on the 24th 

 of July is marked " breeding " by Mr. Dent. 



[This Spectacled Weaver was seen occasionally on the plains around Ruwenzori, both 

 on the east and west sides, but it was not very numerous. It frequented chiefly the 

 dense and tangled vegetation along the streams. — R. B. IF.] 



SiTAGKA PELZELNI (HartL). 



Icteropsis pelzelni Jackson, Ibis, 1899, p. 610 (Entebbe); Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 40 (1900) 



(Lake Edward); Jacksou, Ibis, 1906, p. 566 (Toro). 

 Ploceus pelzelni Heich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 75 (1904). 



Sitagra pelzelni Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 394 (1905). 



d. 

 a-c. 6 . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 17th-28th June. [Nos. 1641, 1684, 1705. D. C] 



Adult male. Iris dark hazel or pale yellow ; bill black ; feet dark mauve, dark grey, 

 or brown. 



These birds are in worn plumage and rather dull in colour, especially on the 

 underparts. 



[Pelzeln's Slender-billed Weaver was only seen near the south end of Ruwenzori, 

 where it was very rare.— i?. B. IF.] 



SiTAGEA LUTEOLA (Licht.). 



Ploceus luieolus PLeich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 76 (1904). 



Silagra luteola Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 397 (1905) ; Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 565 [Toro]. 



a,h. c? ? . 100 miles W. of Entebbe, 4000 ft., 6th Dec. [Nos. 3030, 3031. 



R. B. W.] 



c. d imm. Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 9th May. [No. 3340. R. B. W.] 

 The adult male in the present collection differs somewhat from all the adult male 



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