34 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 17, 



86. QUELEA aUELEA (LillU.). 



Quelea quelea, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 357. 



S . Kibiro, June 5, 1886. 



Forehead black, flanks and thighs striped. 



The occurrence of the black-fronted Quelea quelea on the shores of 

 Lake Albert Nyanza shows, in my opinion, the affinity of the fauna 

 of this part of Africa with that of the Congo on the West Coast ; 

 but the view may be entertained that Q. quelea and Q. cethiopica are 

 not distinct species, but only local and not positively definable forms, 

 and this may be supported by the great similarity of their females 

 and by the form P. russi, Finsch, with no black on the head, being 

 common to both, as also are the peculiar brown and pink shaded 

 varieties. 



87. Ploceus melanotis, Lafr. 



Sycobius melanotis, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 101. 



Anaplectes melanotis, Pelz. Ver. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 150; 

 xxxii. 1882, p. 506 ; Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 337. 



Calyphantria erythogenys, Fisch. & Reicheu. J. f. O. 1884, 



p. 181. 



Ploceus melanotis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 18. 



No. 122. 6. Redjaf, Jan. 5, 1884. 



88. Ploceus baglafect, Vieill. 



Hyphantornis guerini, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 562, pi. 11. 

 fig. 3. 



Ploceus baglafect, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 20. 



2 . Kibiro, Oct. 8, 1886. 



89. Ploceus nigricollis (Vieill.). 

 Ploceus nigricollis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 22. 



No. 678. (S . Wadelai, June 23, 1883. Iris straw-colour; bill 

 black ; legs dusky red. 



This species has previously only been recorded from the West 

 Coast. 



Its near ally P. melanoxanthus (Cab.) is fairly abundant on the 

 East Coast, near Lamu and Mombas. 



90. Ploceus ocularius. Smith. 



Hyphantornis crocata, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881. 



Hyphantornis ocularius, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 



1882, p. 200. 



Symplectes ocularius, var. crocata, Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. 1886, 



p. 341, pi. 14. fig. 11. 



Ploceus ocularius, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 23. 

 Nos, 175, 176. d 2- Tanjimoro, Oct. 5, 1886. 



