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Waxbill {Zonogastris melba affinis). 
Ogaden. 
Under tail-coverts barred; throat and forehead deep -red ; white spot on 
breast clearly perceptible through the overlying yellow. 
Waxbill (Lst relda nigumentum). 
Bussarla. 
Iris red-brown ; bill gray. 
Waxbill (Estrelda phoenicotis). 
Sheik Husein. 
Male Iris red ; bill dark pink, tip black ; feet light brown. Female : Iris 
light brown. 
(^Heteropyphantes emini. ) 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Feet light brown ; bill black ; iris white. 
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Bird ( Vidua pamdisea). 
Boorgha country. 
Length 12 inches, 8^ inches of which is taken up by the tail ; two feathers 
of the tail very long and thin ; two other feathers of the tail short and 
rounded. Tail, head, back, and wings black ; back of neck buff-yellow ; 
breast rufous ; under tail- coverts buff-yellow ; females light brown and 
have not long tails. 
Common Widow Bird {Vidua principalis). 
Sheik Husein. 
Colour deep black ; collar, wings, and scapulars white ; lower parts of back 
and rump white ; large patch of white on wings ; side of head and under- 
parts white ; bill red ; iris dark brown. Length 10 inches. 
Abyssinian Weaver {Hyphantornis galbula). 
Boholo GarshaP. 
Iris orange brown ; bill black ; legs flesh coloured. 
Lichtenstein’s Weaver {Hyphantornis vitellina). 
Darror Mountains. 
Size small. Sides of head and chin black ; only the upper part of the throat 
black ; iris orange. 
Weaver {Cinnanopteryx rubiginosa). 
Above chestnut ; tail-coverts paler ; scapulars chestnut with black centres ; 
lesser wing-coverts ash-brown ; cheeks and throat black ; bill black ; 
feet red. Length 7 inches. 
Red-rumped Weaver {Dinemellia dinemelli). 
Hargaisa. 
Head and under parts white ; back, wings, and tail brown, the wings 
having a white bar ; rump and tail-coverts bright red. 
