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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 463 In Shoa the place of this species is taken by Oriolus monachus. 0. rolleti is a small race, which does not seem to me to be specifically distinct from 0. larvatus ; but it is this form which occurs in Somali-land, and is recorded by Dr. Reichenow from numerous localities throughout Eastern Africa. Mr. Jackson met with the species at Turquel in the Suk country and on Mount Elgon. 0. rolleti is said by Heuglin to be found on the Upper White Nile. On the Belenia Mountains it is not rare, but does not extend north of 8° N . lat. Fam. PLOCEIDJE. 14. VIDUA PRINCIPALIS. Vidua principalis, Heugl., Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 585 (1871); Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 10 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 203 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 244. Vidua erythrorhyncha (Sw.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 181 (1884), vi. p. 285 (1888). Vidua serena (L.); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 193 (1894). a. d hiem. Sheik Husein, Oct. 30, 1894. Iris dark brown; bill vermilion. Heuglin was not certain whether this little Weaver-bird was resident in North-eastern Africa. Its northern limit seems to be between 16° and 17° N . lat., and from here it occurs southwards on the coast and in the interior of Abyssinia, but not beyond 6000-7000 feet in Takah, Senar, Kordofan, and the region of the White Nile. In Shoa, Antinori says that the species arrives in May and remains till September. Dr. Ragazzi met with individuals in March, May, and June. Mr. Jackson only obtained the species at Nzoni in February, but it is very widely spread over East Africa, from the coast up to the Victoria Nyanza. 15. LlNURA FISCHERI. Linurafischeri,Reichen.; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) vi. p. 104 (1888); id. M e m . R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 557 (1894: S. of desert of Ogaden); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 192 (1894) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 210 ,(1890). Vidua (Linura) fischeri, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10 (1886). a. d • Goura, Sept. 14, 1894. Iris dark brown; feet salmon-colour ; bill dull vermilion. h. d • Bussarler, Nov. 28, 1894. Iris brown; bill and feet salmon-colour. • Somali-land must be one of the northern limits of the range of this species. It was procured by Dr. Ragazzi at Sodde in Shoa m August. Dr. Reichenow records it from Useguha and the plains south of Kilima-njaro. |