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P. nigrifrons. The true P. wertheri from the Wembere Steppes is said to have the 

 black on the forehead extending backwards to the crown, as in the South African 

 P. oryx, whereas both the specimens of P. nigrifrons from Ruwenzori and the birds 

 referred by me to P. wertheri have the black on the forehead less developed and not 

 extending beyond the eye. 



[The Red Bishop-bird v^as not uncommon among the reeds along the streams 

 intersecting the plains at the south end of Ruwenzori. — R. B. W.'\ 



Pyeomelana feanciscana (Isert). 



Pyromelana franciscana Sharpe, Ibis, 1902, p. 119; Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 122 (1904); 



Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 90 (1905). 

 Pyromelana franciscana pusilla Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xi. p. 71 (1901). 

 a. 6 . Lower Semliki Valley, 2000 ft., 10th Oct. [No. 561. P. E. i>.] 

 Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet flesh-colour. 



A fine adult male of the Red-throated Bishop-bird in the present collection has a 

 wing measuring 61 mm. Dr. Hartert has sepai*ated the form found at Lake Stephanie 

 under the name P. f. pusilla, on account of its supposed smaller size (wing 60 to 

 63 ram.), but I agree with Dr. Sharpe and others in regarding it as synonymous with 

 P. franciscana. 



[A few were seen on the Semliki River near the north end of Ruwenzori. The male 

 procured was breeding. — R. B. W.'\ 



Pyeomelaita xanthomelas (Riipp.), 



Euplectes xanthomelas Eeich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 128 (1904). 



Pyromelana xanthomelas Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 76 (1905) ; Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 268 

 [Mufumbiro, Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika]. 



a. 6 . Luimi Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 1st Oct. [No. 3620. R. B. W.] 



b. d . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5000 ft., 14th March. [No. 2193. G. Z.] 

 The male example of Riippell's Black-and-Yellow Bishop-bird killed in October is 



beginning to assume winter-plumage, while that killed in March is in full winter- 

 plumage. Both are rather smaller than Abyssinian specimens and have a wing 

 measuring 2'85 inches (72 mm.). 



[A few were seen on the north-east slopes of Ruwenzori, below 6000 ft., but the 

 species was very uncommon. — R. B. W.'\ 



Pykomelana ceassikostris Grant. (Plate X. fig. 3, [ d ].) 

 Pyromelana crassirostris Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 14 (1907). 

 a. [ 6 .] North end of Ruwenzori, 3500 ft., 19th Aug. [No. 2452. t?. L. Type 

 of the species.'] 



