598 JOUBNAL, Of THE LATE Dlt. EMIN PAS1IA. [Nov. 6, 



rather common. A belt of very different forest without any village 

 or inhabitants was then traversed, and on June 18, 1892, we reached 

 Ipoto, Kilongo-longa's place, long. 28° 47' 50" E. and lat. 1° 07' N., 

 where a probably long stay is expected. 



"No. 1808. Coryihaix (an schueUi, Cab.?), June 20/92; cf. 

 no. 1695 &e. 



" No. 1809. Spermegtea poensls, Fras., c? . The easternmost point 

 where I obtained this pretty species is Bukoba on Victoria Nyanza : 

 it was there frequent and many specimens were collected. I may 

 also record it from the forests of the Semliki valley, but on 

 Albert lake it seems not to occur. I cannot agree with the 

 statement ' sexes alike ; ' and if not every female bird I obtained 

 were a young and every male bird an adult, there is some difference, 

 as my specimens will show. In company with these birds, which 

 fly in flocks of from 10 to 40, there is here another apparently 

 yellow-billed Finch. 



" No. 1810. Ploceus nigerrimug, Yieill., <$ ad. A very common 

 bird through the forest country, never entering the steppe. The 

 whole of Monbuttu and the Niam-niam country up to Macraca 

 (where I collected it in Tomaja), South Macraca, Kalika, the west 

 coast of Albert Nyanza from Mrva down to Nssabe, the forest in 

 the Semliki valley, and all along the Ituri ; finally Bukoba. On 

 Victoria Nyanza were my collecting stations for this species, which 

 is just as gregarious as its congeners. It has a marked predilection 

 for forest villages, often very small, where, infallibly, the biggest 

 tree in the midst of the huts is full of their nests. They are very 

 noisy birds, and as every bird coming in is greeted by all his 

 neighbours, the chatter never ceases. 



" No. 1811. 2 • Laniarius (?). Small : all over olive-green with 

 white throat. 



" Observed : Motaeilla vidua ; Antlius, sp. ; Cisticola, sp., red- 

 headed ; Corytlut'ola cristata ; Pxittacus eritJiacus, very common ; 

 Nigrita canieapilla ; Cuculua solitarius ; Pycnonotus, sp. ; Ploceus 

 abyssinicus, Gin., similis ; Tym/paniMria tympanistrva ; Treron 

 calva, very common ; Artomyias ; Jlalimhvsmalimbicus- Lophoceros 

 camurus, and a second, small, black and white species ; Spermestes 

 poensls; Columba, dark grey with white belly, eyelids red; Astur, 

 sp. ; Agapornig, sp., not pullaria ; a small Parrot, not P. meyeri ; 

 Telophonus ; Centropws, sp. ; Chrysococcycc eupreus ; Larnprocolias, 

 small; Oriolus brachyrhynchus ; Ceuthmochares australis ; different 

 Cinnyris. 



" No. 1812, 13. Malimbus malimblcus, Daud., J 2 • 



" No. 1814. 6 • 



" No. 1815. Lophoceos camurus, Cass. Frequent. 



"No. 1816, 17. Lophoceros $ ad., J jr.; cf no. 1660. 

 Probably new species, as the young resemble the adult. 



" No. 1818. Spermestes j>oensis, Fras., 2 a( l- Eggs well- 

 developed. Having dissected this specimen very carefully and 

 found a pea-sized and several smaller eggs, my statement above 

 (cf. no. 1809) becomes invalid. Se.res exactly alike. 



