404 Mr. W. R. 0«ilvie-Grant on 
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b. S' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 12tli April. No. 335. 
c-g. S ? • Kaka, 2nd May. Nos. 420-424. 
Iris hazel ; bill horn-coloured ; legs dusky. 
All the specimens are adults in non-breeding plumage, 
and from the scarlet-orange colour of the shoulder-patch 
there appears to be little doubt that they belong to this 
species and not to U. tr aver si Salvad.^ T^hich has the 
shoulder-patches yellowish orange. 
[I never met with the Fire-shouldered Weaver-Finch north 
of Kaka. It went in flocks and fed on the recentlv -burnt 
ground near the river and the swamps. — R. M. H.] 
9. Pyromelana franciscana. 
Pyromelana franciscana (Isert) ; Witherby, p. 247; Grant 
& Reid, p. 614 ; N. C. Roths. & Wollast. p. 11. 
a. ? . Fashoda^ 1st April. No. 278. 
Iris dark hazel ; upper mandible dusky, lower pale horn- 
coloured ; legs and feet dusky. 
[The Orange Weaver- Finch was generally met with in 
flocks with other Weaver-birds. — R. M. H.] 
10. Pyromelana ladoensis. 
Pyromelana ladoensis (Reichenow) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 224 (1890). 
a-d. S ? . Fashoda, 25th March to 1st April. Nos. 182, 
184/277, 279. 
e. ? . 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. No. 338. 
Iris hazel ; bill dusky, paler on lower mandible ; legs and 
feet dusky. The males are still in winter plumage, shewing 
no trace of the yellow and black breeding-dress. 
[The Lado Weaver-Finch was fairly common and was met 
with in flocks of P. franciscana and other allied species. — 
R. M. H.] 
11. QUELEA ^THIOPICA. 
Quelea cethiopica (Gray) ; Grant & Reid, p. 616. 
a-c. ? . Fashoda, 25th and 26th March. Nos. 180, 
204, 210. 
d, e. S "^ ' 20 miles N. of Fashoda, 13th April. 
Nos. 336, 337. 
