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Show 1895.] FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 465 Orynx xanthomelas, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 190 (1894). a. 6 ham. Budda, Nov. 4, 1894. Feet and iris brown. Found by Riippell in the provinces of Tembien and Semie'n in Abvssinia. Heuglin met with this species in the highlands of Wogara, up to 8000 to 10,000 feet. Antinori says that he found it in the country of the Kidj Negroes on the Upper White Nile, where Heuglin never observed it. From May to October Antinori found this Weaver-bird in Shoa, where it was common in the " Kolla " districts, and Ragazzi procured specimens from Antoto in December. Mr. Jackson met with it on Mount Elgon in December, and at Elgeyo in July ; while Dr. Reichenow gives several places where the species has been procured in German East Africa. 19. PHILETjERUS CABANISI. Phileeterus cabanisi (F. & R.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 251 (1890). Nigrita cabanisi, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 184 (1894). a, b, c. d ad.; d. 2 ad- Dabulla, July 16. Bill silvery white; feet brownish flesh-colour ; iris orange. This is a considerable extension of the northward range of this Weaver-bird, which was only known before from the Masai country. 20. QUELEA JETHIOPICA. Hyphantica eethiopica (Sund.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 543 (1871). Quelea eethiopica, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 193 (1884), vi. p. 293 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 259 (1890); id. Ibis, 1891, p. 250. Phceus sanguinirostris, var. cethiopicus, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 10 (1886). a. d;b. 2- Shebeli River, Aug. 28, 1894. Iris reddish brown; bill red; feet dark flesh-colour; eyelids raw-sienna. In the female the iris was brown. c. 2 ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1874. Bill pale carmine; feet flesh-colour ; iris light brown ; eyelid yellow-ochre. el. 2 ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1894. Bill and eyelids pale yellow ; feet flesh-colour ; iris light brown. The way in which tbe black varies in extent on the lores in this series makes me very doubtful of the validity of Q. intermedia. According to Heuglin, this, species is a migrant in Kordofan, Senar, Southern Nubia, and Takah with the first summer rains. It inhabits the mountains, up to 6000 feet, as far east as Bogos-land. It goes southwards in September and October, and he met with numbers of this bird in tbe White Nile district in January. PROC ZOOL. Soc.-1895, No. X X X . 30 |