290 ZOOLOGICAL EESIJLTS OF THE EUWENZORI EXPEDITIO^^. 



COLIUSPASSEK EQUES (Hai'tl.). 

 Penthetriu eques Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 41 (1900) [Holulu R.;, Semliki] ; Jackson, Ibis, 



1906, p. 561. 

 Coliuspasser eques Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 141 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 45 (1905). 



a. d . Mokia, S.E. Ruwenzori, 3400 ft., 26th April. [No. 1437. I). C] 

 b,c. 6 2. „ „ „ 1st & 22nd May. [No. 2312, 2384. G. i.] 



d. 6 imm. „ „ „ 12th June. [No. 1624. 1). C] 



Adult male. Iris dark brown or dark hazel ; bill blue or blue-grey ; feet black. 

 Adult female. Iris, bill, and feet brown. 



The specimen (No. 2312) killed on the 1st of May, and said to have been a breeding- 

 bird, still retains some of the feathers of the Avinter-plumage. 



[Speke's White-winged Whydah was plentiful on the plains around the south end 

 of Euwenzori, but was not met with on the mountains. — B. B. IF.] 



Speemestes cucullatus Swains. 



Spermestes cucullatus Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 149 (1904) ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 167 (1905). 

 a. d . 80 miles W. of Entebbe, 3500 ft., 1st Dec. [No. 1024. I). C] 

 i-h. e 2 et d 2 imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5500-6000 ft., 8th-21st Feb. 



[Nos. 148, 149. B. E. B. ; 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246. B. <7.] 



i-y. d S et d ? imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 5500-7000 ft., 4th-21st 



d. d. d. A. d. 



March. [Nos. 186, 201. B. E. B.\ 1336, 1337, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1355, 1356, 1365, 



1393, 1394, 1398. B. C; 3201, 3232, 3234. B.B. IF.] 



Adult male and female. Iris dark brown or dark hazel; upper mandibles black, 

 lower blue-grey ; feet dark brown or blackish. 



[Swainson's Bronze Mannikin was found on Ruwenzori up to an altitude of 7000 ft. 

 It was not met with there during the months of December and January, but between 

 February and April, when the millet was ripe, it appeared in great numbers, usually 

 in small flocks of from ten to twenty individuals.— i?. B. IF.] 



Spermestes poensis (Eraser). 

 Spermestes poensis Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 152 (1904); Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 164 (1905) ; 



Grant, Ibis, 1908, p. 271 [Upper Congo]. 

 Spermestes poensis stigmatophora Reich, t. c. p. 153 (1904). 



Spermestes stigmatophorus Hartert, Nov. Zool. vii. p. 41 (1900) [ Ituri Forest] ; Jackson, Ibis, 

 1906, p. 562. 

 a. ? . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 31st Jan. [No. 135. B. E. B.] 



