680 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 
14. Lagonosticta niveo-guttata (Peters). 
Hypargos niveoguttatus Reich, iii. p. 157. 
a, b. $. Takaungu, 28th March, 1901. (No. 150.) 
c, d. $ . Mt. Kilimanjaro, 8th Feb. to 9th March, 1902. 
(Nos. 227 & 228.) 
Bill and feet slate-coloured; wattle round the eye very 
faint blue. 
[Not uncommon in the thick bush, but difficult to obtain, 
as it can only be seen when at close quarters. It comes to 
the paths, after rain, to drink.— A. B. /\] 
15. Lagonosticta brunneiceps Sharpe. 
Lagonosticta brunneiceps Reich, iii. p. 196. 
a, b. $ . Takaungu, March 1901. (Nos. 113, 114.) 
c, d. M'buguni, 6th Feb., 1902. (Nos. 224, 225.) 
[This was the commonest Waxbill; it was usually found 
in pairs, but sometimes in small flocks of ten or a dozen 
individuals. Even then the birds were together in pairs.— 
M.P.P.] 
16. Amadina alexanderi Neum. 
Amadina fasciata alexanderi Neum. Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. 
p. 43 (1908). 
Amadina fasciata Reich, iii. p. 146 (part.). 
a-c. S ? • Near Mt. Kilimanjaro, 18th Jan., 1902. 
These specimens are all typical examples of Amadina 
alexanderi. Professor Neumann has renamed A. sudanensis 
Alexander as A. /. alexanderi. 
[All these birds were obtained out of one flock at a pool 
of fresh water about fifty-five miles north of Kilimanjaro ; 
this was the only water to be found for miles, and thousands 
of birds came there to drink, including Sand-Grouse, Pigeons, 
Guinea-fowl, &c.— A. B. P.] 
17. Pytelia afra (Grmel.). 
Pytelia afra Reich, iii. p. 162. 
a. Ad. Mombasa, Oct. 1900. 
[This specimen was shot out of a flock met with at a lake 
near Mombasa.— A. B. P.] 
