(il'O I) it. ft. BOWDLEIt SHARPE ON" BIRDS [Dec. 3, 



ESTRILDA PH(ENIOOTIS. 



EstHMa phoenicotis (8w.); Sharpe, P. 'A. 8. L398, p. 167 ; Peel, 

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

 1901, p. G19. 



a, b. 6 2 • Bend of Ohio River, Dec. 30, 1899. 



c. 6 ■ Magois country, 1500 feet, Jan. 26, 1900. 



d, 6 ■ Okatela Mountains, 1700 feet, Feb. 24, 1900. 



JEdemosyne cant an s. 



Aidemogyne cantans (Gin.); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. -106; 

 Elliot, Field Columb. Mus. i. no. 2, p. 34 ; Hawker, Ibis, L899, 

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

 Eeid, Ibis, 1901, p. 618. 



a, b. S; c. ?. Magois country, 1500 feet, Feb. 16, 1899. 



Zi >\< )( i A STRIS SOUBANENSIS. 



Zonoyastris soudanensis, Sharpe, Oat. P. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 298 



(1890)! 



a. 6 . Lake Stefanie, Nov. 29, 1899. 



LAGONOSTICTA BRUNNE1CEFS. 



Layonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe; Grant, Ibis, 190o, p. 127, 

 1901", p. 285 ; id. & Eeid, t. c, p. <>17. 

 a-d. rf . Pend of Orao River, Dec. 25-29, 1899. 



QDELEA jETHIOPICA. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. cethiopicus (Sund.) ; Oust, t, c. p. 10 

 ( 1 886). 



(Jiielea 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. 610. 



a. d • Lake Eudolf, Dec. 10, 1899. 



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



Ploceipasser donaldsoni, Sharpe, Pull. P. O. 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 melanorhyncha. 



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

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



a. 6 ; b, c. ? . Lake Stefanie, Nov. 21-29, 1899. 

 ? . Musha Mountains, 2330 feet. 



