Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1895

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466 DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, In November and April, Antinori saw the species in Shoa, at Diambi and Lake Cialalaka, and Dr. Ragazzi procured it at Sodde in August. Mr. Jackson appears to have shot specimens only in the Teita district, and Dr. Reichenow gives the following localities for Q. intermedia:-Pangani, Useguha, Ugogo, Pare Mountains, Nguruman, Kageije, Igonda. 21. AMADINA FASCIATA. Sporothlastes fasciatus (Gm.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 596 (1871). Amadina fasciata (Gm.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 179 (1884), vi. p. 283 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 289 (1890); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 183 (1894). a. d ad. Lammo, Aug. 12, 1894. Breeding. b,c. d 2 ad. Goura, Sept. 14, 1894. Bill grey; feet flesh-colour ; iris reddish brown. Inhabits the Abyssinian coast-lands northwards to 17° N. lat., Kordofan, and many localities in the White Nile district; aud Heuglin observed it during and after the rainy season up to December. Antinori found the species in the country of the Req Negroes. The last-named naturalist also met with it in Shoa in May, and again in November and December, and Dr. Ragazzi found it near Tofan in August, in great flocks. It extends also into German East Africa, as Dr. Reichenow records it from Useguha, Nguruman, and the Wembaere Steppes. 22. TEDEMOSYNE CANTANS. Uroloncha cantans (Gm.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 594 (1871). Munia cant ins, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 284(1888). Aidemosyne cantans, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 371 (1890). a, b. d 2 ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1894. Bill dark slate-colour ; feet light slate-colour ; iris dark brown. c. d ad. Sillul, Aug. 10. Heuglin says that this species occurs in pairs or in small flocks, which are scattered, during the rainy season, from Dongola, southwards to Kordofan, Senar, Abyssinia, on the Lower White Nile, and on the coast of Somali-land. It breeds from August to October, and Vierthaler found a nest in January. Dr. Ragazzi once obtained it in Shoa at Sodde in August. 23. ESTRELDA RHODOPYGA. Habropyga frenata (Licht. MSS.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 605 (1871). Estrelda rhodopyga, Sund.; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) vi. p. 282 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 396 (1890); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 187 (1894).