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Show 34 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 17, 86. QUELEA QUELEA (Linn.). Quelea quelea, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 357. 3 • Kibiro, June 5, 1886. Forehead black, flanks and thighs striped. The occurrence of the black-fronted Quelea quelea on the shores of Lake Albert Nyanza shows, in my opinion, the affinity of the fauna of this part of Africa with that of the Congo on tbe West Coast; but the view may be entertained that Q. quelea and Q. cethiopica are not distinct species, but only local and not positively definable forms, and this may be supported by the great similarity of their females and by the form P. russi, Finsch, with no black on the head, being common to both, as also are the peculiar brown and pink shaded varieties. 87. PLOCEUS MELANOTIS, Lafr. Sycobius melanotis, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, p. 101. Anaplectes melanotis, Pelz. Ver. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 150 ; xxxii. 1882, p. 506 ; Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 337. Calyphantria erythogenys, Fisch. & Reichen. J. f. O. 1884, p. 181. Ploceus melanotis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 18. No. 122. 3- Redjaf, Jan. 9, 1884. 88. PLOCEUS BAGLAFECT, Vieill. Hyphantornis guerini, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 562, pi. 11 fig. 3. Ploceus baglafect, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 20. 2 • Kibiro, Oct. 8, 1886. 89. PLOCEUS NIGRICOLLIS (Vieill.). Ploceus nigricollis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 22. No. 678. 3. Wadelai, June 23, 1883. Iris straw-colour; bill black ; legs dusky red. This species has previously only been recorded from the West Coast. Its near ally P. melanoxanthus (Cab.) is fairly abundant on the East Coast, near Lamu and Mombas. 90. PLOCEUS OCULARIUS, Smith. Hyphantornis crocata, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem vii 1881. ' Hyphantornis ocularius, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver Brem viii 1882, p. 200. Symplectes ocularius, var. crocata, Hartl. Zool. Jahrb ii 188fi p. 341, pi. 14. fig. 11. ' ' Ploceus ocularius, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 23. Nos. 175, 176. 3 2 • Tanjimoro, Oct. 5, 1886. |
