BIRDS 
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Black-headed Oriole {Oriolus larvatus). 
Odewein, Wells of Farfanyer, Boorgha country. 
Head and breast dark-black ; neck, back, and rump bright yellow ; wing- 
coverts black ; feet gray ; iris red. Length 9 inches. 
Weaver {Galeopsar salvadorii). 
Ehrer River, near Shebeyli. 
White-headed Weaver {D. leucocephala). 
Ogaden, Boorgha country. 
Length 8 | inches ; head and breast white ; wings and tail brown ; secondary 
wing-coverts white ; rump and under tail-coverts brilliant vermilion. 
Yellow Weaver Bird {Hyplmntornis spekii). 
Bally Maroli. 
Length of skin 5 ^ inches ; back of head and breast a brilliant yellow ; chin 
black ; back and wings brown and yellow ; iris white. This bird builds 
a curious retort-shaped nest. The eggs are blue. 
Wire-tailed Weaver (Linura fischeri). 
Eik. 
Length IO 5 inches, of which 7 inches are taken up by the tail ; rufous crest 
on head ; iris yeUow ; throat, back, and wings black ; breast yellow- 
white ; long tail of four yellow-white thin feathers ; bill red. 
Red-beaked Weaver (G. ianshmogaster). 
Lehello. 
Thick red beak ; rufous throat, head, and back ; blue breast, forehead, and 
rump ; iris red. 
Sociable Weaver (Philekenis cabanisi). 
Babulli. 
Bill silvery-white ; feet brownish flesh-colour ; iris orange ; flanks with a 
blackish patch, the feathers of which are margined with whitish ; chin 
black ; plumage above drab-brown. Length 5 inches. 
Weaver (Qiielea cethiopica). 
Shebeyli River. 
Male : bill red ; feet dark flesh ; iris light-brown. Female : bill and legs 
much paler. 
Cut-throat Weaver (Amadina fasciata). 
Goura. 
Bill gray ; feet flesh ; iris red-brown ; the throat is marked by a crimson 
band extending to the ear-coverts. 
Weaver {AEdemosyne cantaris). 
Sule River. 
Bill dark slate ; feet light slate ; iris dark-brown. 
Blood Weaver Finch {Estrelda rhodopyga). 
Webbi Shebeyli. 
Iris light-brown ; feet dark-gray. These finches take their name from the 
prevalence of scarlet in their coloration. 
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