296 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OF THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



like the rest of the underparts. It closely resembles the type — also a female — of 

 ]V. shelleyi Alexander, but is much larger and has a much stronger bill. 



N. ansorgei (Ilavtert). 



in. 



a-d. $ (including the type |- "Wing . . 2-0 



of the species) ; e. ? . C Tail . . . 1-6 



N. shelleyi Alexander. 



in. 



? (type of the ("Wing . . ^•7 



species). iTail . . . I'O 



[The only example of Ansorge's Olive-backed Waxbill met with by the Expedition 

 was procured in the Mpanga Forest, to the east of Ruwenzori. It was shot by 

 Mr. K. E. Dent in the top of a tall tree. — B. B. W.^ 



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe. 



Cryptospiza ocularis Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 8 (1902): Jackson, Ibis, 1906, p. 562; 

 Giant, Bull. B. O. C. xix. p. 42 (1907) ; id.. Ibis, 1908, p. 270 [Mufambiro]. 



d. 

 a, h. 2 . Mubuku Valley, E. Kuwenzori, 6000 ft., 28th Dec. [Nos. 1065. B. C. ; 



3058. B. B. W.] d. 



c-f. d ?. Mubiiku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 6000 ft., 20th-31st Jan. [Nos. 128. 



d. 



B. E. D. ■ 1176. D. a ; 2120, 2129. G. L.] 



g-l. d' ? et ? imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Euwenzori, 6000-6500 ft., lst-24th Feb. 



[Nos. 171. B. E. D. ; 2132, 2134, 2135, 2136. G. i.] 



m-t. d S et d ? imm. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., llth-19th March. 



[Nos. 1320, 1323, 1324, 1325, 1376. R C; 2189, G. L.; 3203, 3230. B. B. JV.] 

 Adult male and female. Iris dark brown or dark hazel; bill black; feet brown or 



dark brown. 



As already pointed out, this species has been united with C. reichenowi 



Hartlaub by Dr. Eeichenow, but it is really a distinct form. 



[Sharpe's Crimson-wing was met with on Ruwenzori at an altitude of between 6000 



and 7000 ft., and, like most of these small Weaver- Finches, frequents the rough country 



l)elow the forest-line, especially old sites of cultivation and crops of millet. This 



species was never seen in large flocks as was the case with Spermestes cucullatus and 



S. ])oensis. — B. B, IF.] 



Cryptospiza salvadorii Reichenovt'. (Plate XL fig. 3, d .) 



Cryptospiza salvadorii Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 174 (1904) [part.] ; Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 277 

 (1905) ; Grant, Ball. B. O. C. xix. p. 42 (1907). 

 a-k. c? ? et ? imm. Mubuku Valley, [^. Ruwenzori, 6000-7000 ft., llth-19th 



d d. d. d. 



March. [Nos. 203. B.E.D.; 1321, 1322, 1353, 1375. D. C; 2202, 2210. G.L.; 

 3204, 3211, 3212. i?. B. W.] 



