BIRD LIFE 233 



Estrilda suhflava — Orangc-bieasted Waxhill. This 

 bird, although not often met witli in tlie Game Reserve, 

 is very common on some of the adjoining farms, especially 

 on the banks of the Bushman's River. It generally takes 

 possession of an old nest of the Red Bishop Bird, and, 

 after lining it afresh, lavs from four to seven white eggs. 



Estrilda invaua—^outh African Grey Waxhill. Fairly 

 common in the Game Reserve; I have found the nest in 

 the pine trees growing round the Game Reserve Lodge. 

 The breeding season is from November to January. 



Ortygospiza poly zona — Quail Finch, Very common in 

 the Game Reserve, but not met with in Basutoland. The 

 breeding season is from December to February. The nest 

 is built of grass close to the ground, and from four to 

 six white eggs form the complement. 



Tidua Serena — Pin-tailed Widow-'bird. Common in the 

 Game Reserve, especially near Game Lodge, where they 

 were often to be seen in the gum trees. 1 have not met 

 with this bird in Basutoland. The eggs are generally de- 

 posited in the nest of Estrilda astrild. or in that of E. 

 suhflava. 



Poliospiza gularis — Streaky-headed Seed-eater. Com- 

 mon in the Game Reserve, but not met with ?'n Basuto- 

 land. T found a nest in a sugar-bush, on the 17th Novem- 

 ber, 1915, containing three eggs, which are white, spotted 

 and streaked with dark brown, forming a ring at the 

 large end. 



Serinus canicollis — Cape Canary. Very common in the 

 Game Reserve; they nest every year in large Clumbers in 

 the pine trees round Crame Lodge. The breeding season 

 is from October to December. 



Serinus flaviventris — Yelloic -bellied Seed-eater. I met 

 with these birds in large numbers in the Drakensberg, 

 Basutoland, at an altitude of about 9,000 feet. I have 

 not come across them on the Natal side. 



Spinus symnnsi — Basutoland Siskin. Very common 

 indeed in the Drakensberg, from the Natal border to the 

 Orange River, down the Sanqebetu and Mkhotlong val- 



