. Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition 1920. Birds -- Africa, East. - m - Wing, tarsus, 46, 47, 48, 48 mm. 13 — 14 mm. cfcf 47 mm, 14 mm. 9 hides dark-brown; bill coral-red, legs dark brownish grey- black. Estrilda astrild nyanzae Neum. — Journ. f. Ornithol., 1907, p. 596-597. 2 (5(5 ad. 4. 5. Londiani. - ^ 66 ad. 5.; 2 ee ad. 12. 5. Eldoret. - 1 Q. ad. 5. 5. Londiani. At Eldoret and in the vicinity of this community this form of Estrilda astrild was very common. It was found in the vast fields covered wit
. Contributions to the knowledge of the East African ornithology. Birds collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon Expedition 1920. Birds -- Africa, East. - m - Wing, tarsus, 46, 47, 48, 48 mm. 13 — 14 mm. cfcf 47 mm, 14 mm. 9 hides dark-brown; bill coral-red, legs dark brownish grey- black. Estrilda astrild nyanzae Neum. — Journ. f. Ornithol., 1907, p. 596-597. 2 (5(5 ad. 4. 5. Londiani. - ^ 66 ad. 5.; 2 ee ad. 12. 5. Eldoret. - 1 Q. ad. 5. 5. Londiani. At Eldoret and in the vicinity of this community this form of Estrilda astrild was very common. It was found in the vast fields covered with grass nearly the height of a man, where Vrohrachya phoenicea, Coliuspassei laticauda, Drepanopledes jacJc- soni and JSIecfarinia Jcilimensis occurred in great abundance. On a slope 1 found the peculiar nest of one of these birds. It was built on the ground, on the top of a big stone, around which tall grass-tufts grew thickly, the grass-blades growing around bidding the large pear-shaped, nest from view. The nest mea- sured 21 cm. in length and was at the broadest place 16 cm., in the narrowest, i e. the mouth of the entrance tube, it mea- sured cm. On the roof of the nest, the entrance tube of which was slightly pointing downwards, was fitted a super- structure (one might say a new nest), which was cm. high. The roof of this superstructure sloped backwards and its walls were thin and loose. The floor was carpeted with a few feathers and snake-skins. The nest itself, which was firm and well joined together, consisted of grass-straws and dry panicles of different kinds of grass; the whole thing looking something like Fig. 4. Sketch of the nest of Estrilda astrild nyanzae. What that alcove or superstructure is really intended for is difficult to decide with certainty. Can it be a resting place. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustr
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