620 jdb. r. bowdlbr shabi-e ok bisds [Dec. 3, 



ESTRILDA PH(ENICOTIS. 



Estrilda phcenicotis (S\v.) ; Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1S98, p. 467 ; Peel, 

 Somali-land, p. 308 ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 131 ; id. & Eeid, Ibis, 

 1901, p. 619. 



a, h. S 2- Bend of Omo Eiver, Dec. 30, 1899. 



c. (S ■ Magois country, 1500 feet, Jan. 26, 1900. 



d. S ■ Okatela Mountains, 1700 feet, Eeb. 24, 1900. 



.Edemosyne can^tans, 



Aidemosi/iie cantans (Grm.) ; 81iarpe, P. Z. !S. 1895, p. 466 ; 

 Elliot, Eield Columb. Mus. i. no. 2, p. 34 ; Fawker, Ibis, 1899, 

 p. 62 ; Peel, Somali-land, p. 307 ; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 131 ; id. & 

 Eeid, Ibis, 1901, p. 618. 



rt, h. S; c. $ . Magois couutry, 1500 feet, Eeb. 16, 1899. 



ZONOGASTRIS SOUDAKENSIS. 



Zono(/astris soudanensin, Sharpe, Oat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 298 

 (1890).' 



a. S . Lake Stefanie, Nov. 29, 1899. 



LaGONOSTICTA BRUNNEICEPS. 



Lagonosticta hrunneiceps Sharpe; Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 127, 

 1901, p. 285 ; id. & Eeid, t. c. p. 617. 



a-d. d . Bend of Omo Eiver, Dec. 25-29, 1899. 



QUELEA yEXHIOPIOA. 



Floceus sanguinirostris, var. cetMopicws (Suud.) ; Oust, t, c. p. 10 

 (1886). 



Quelea cethiopica, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 465 ; Elliot, Field 

 Columb. Mus. i. no. 2, p. 34 (1887): Peel, Somali-land, p. 307; 

 Grant, Ibis, 1900, p. 126 ; id. & Eeid, Ibis, 1901, p. 616. 



a. 6 . Lake Eudolf, Dec. 10, 1899. 



Plocbipasser donaldsoni. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 2.) 



Ploceipasser doncddsoni, Sharpe, Bull. B. 0. C. v. p. xiv (1895). 



a. ? . Hills west of Lake Stefanie, Dec. 6, 1899. 



The female differs from the type specimen in having distinct 

 brown centres to the feathers of the chest and flanks, which are 

 consequently more spotted than in the male. Total length 

 6*5 inches, culmen 0'8, wing 3*5, tail 1-95, tarsus 0-95. 



Ploceipasser melaistorhyncha. 



Ploceipasser melanorhyncha (Eiipp.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1901, p. 285 ; 

 id. & Eeid, t. c. p. 616. 



a. cS; h,c. $ . Lake Stefanie, Nov. 21-29, 1899, 

 $ . Musha Mountains, 2330 feet. 



