. Bird notes . o W Weavers. 267 The Abyssinian Weaver (Hyphantoruis abyssimcus) isthe larg-est and handsomest of the group, and is a great nest buil-der. Dr. Butler in his Foreign Bird Keeping confuses it with theBlack-headed Weaver (H. melanocephaJns) a bird not muchmore than half its size. Dr. Russ also api)ears to mix it up withthe Rufous-necked (H. cncnllatus). T\\q Abyssinian Weaver isbright yellow and black, and has no chestnut colour about itwhatever. It builds a large snail-shaped nest, over water wherethis is present; the entrance hole is at the bottom; this is length-ened out when th

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. Bird notes . o W Weavers. 267 The Abyssinian Weaver (Hyphantoruis abyssimcus) isthe larg-est and handsomest of the group, and is a great nest buil-der. Dr. Butler in his Foreign Bird Keeping confuses it with theBlack-headed Weaver (H. melanocephaJns) a bird not muchmore than half its size. Dr. Russ also api)ears to mix it up withthe Rufous-necked (H. cncnllatus). T\\q Abyssinian Weaver isbright yellow and black, and has no chestnut colour about itwhatever. It builds a large snail-shaped nest, over water wherethis is present; the entrance hole is at the bottom; this is length-ened out when the hen is incubating, forming a neck two orthree inches long. Three eggs are laid, these being whitethickly sprinkled with pale pink spots, but I have no doubt thatthey vary very much with different hens. A young one washatched here, but was not fully reared. ( vol. v, ). The Rufous-necked Weaver, a bird of equal size, havingthe nape and back of neck chestnut, but without the black onthe back, so strikin

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