W. E. OGILVIE-GEANT— AVBS. 283 



were among or near trees. The nest of this species is, I think, the most compact and 

 beautiful built by any of the Weavers ; it is attached to two tall reeds and is composed 

 of very fine strips of grass or reed-leaf. Both birds take part in its construction, and a 

 nest we had under observation took about fourteen days to complete. — R. B. W.] 



Spekmospiza poliogenys Grant. (Plate X. fig. 2, $ .) 

 Spermospiza poliogenys Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 32 (1906) ; id. Ibis, 1908, p. 278 

 [Kasongo, Upper Congo]. 



a. 2. 20 miles N. of Fort Beni, Semliki Valley, 3000 ft., 11th Aug. [No. 1775. 

 D. C. Type of the species.'\ 



The female is similar to the adult female of S. guttata (Vieill.), but the cheeks and 

 sides of the face are dark grey like the crown ; some of the feathers on each side of 

 the breast are tipped with scarlet and form an indistinct patch. 



Iris dark brown ; bill red and black ; feet dark brown. Total length 5'3 inches ; 

 wing 2-8 ; tail 2-0 ; tarsus 0-88. 



A single adult female specimen was procured by Mr. Douglas Carruthers in the 

 thick forest. A second less mature female example of the same species was procured 

 by the same collector on the Upper Congo on the 7th February, during his return 

 journey to the West Coast. 



[A single specimen of the Grey-cheeked Weaver-Finch was obtained in the Eturi 

 Forest between Fort Beni and Irumu. — E. B. W.^ 



Pybenestes osteinus (Vieill.). 



Pyrenestes ostrinus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 106 (IQOi) [part.]; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 284 

 (1905). 



a. 6 . Mawambi, E. Congo Forest, 3000 ft., 27th Oct. [No. 3643. R. B. W.] 



Iris chocolate-colour ; bill dark bluish-grey ; feet light brown. 



The size of the bill appears to vary greatly in the males of this species. In the 

 present specimen it is moderately developed, while in two examples in the British 

 Museum, from Gaboon and Tingasi respectively, it is very large and strong. 



[Vieillot's Notch-billed Weaver was occasionally seen in the E. Congo Forest. — ■ 

 B. B. W.] 



QUELEA QUELEA (Linn.). 



Quelea quelea Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 257, pi. s. fig. 3 (1890) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. 



p. Ill (1905). 

 Quelea intermedia (Reich.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. p. 259j pi. x. fig. 4 (1890). 

 Quelea sanguinirostris Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 108 (1904). 

 Quelea sanguinirostris lathami Reich, t. c, p 110 (1904). 



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