16 ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 3. NIO 21. 



77. Estrilda melpoda (Vieill.). 

 1 c? '7io 1905. Mbgu. 



»Iris dark, feet dar k grey, bill red». 

 Native name: »Kinie-nie-nie» from the chirping notes of 

 tlie bird. 



78. Estrilda subflava (Vieill.). 



1710 1905. Mbgu. 

 »Iris light red.» 

 The native name is »Vingila maganga». The former of 

 these words means »to inherit», the second »birds nests» and 

 has some allusion to the habits of the bird. 



79. Urceginthus hengalus angolensis (L.). 



$ 1^10 1905. Mbgu. 



»Iris light grey». 



Native name: »Kamba dialumbu». The former of these 



words means »flock», the second a »fenced in place» or 



»enclosure». This means that the bird lives in flocks at 



such places. 



80. Vidua serena (L.). 



? ^Vio 1905. Mbgu. 



J" (date unknown). 



Native name: »Munsiensie ambulu» Mr. Laman says that 



there is no different name for the male bird in the nuptial 



dress, so that the negroes appear to know the changes it is 



subjected to. 



81. Serinus icterus (Vieill.). 



? 22^/g 1905. Mbgu. 

 »Iris yellow, feet bluish grey». 



1 unsexed specimen. 



82. Phyllastrephus simplex ([Tem.] Hartl.). 

 1 specimen. 



83. Andropadus virens Cass. 



$ Vo 1905. Mbgu. 



2 specimens without date. 



»Iris light red.» 



