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110. Urroginthus granatin ns — Violet - eared Wax- 

 bill. Fairly common and usually found in pairs. 



111. Tetrrenura regia — Shaft-tailed Widow-Bird. 

 Common in the vicinity of farms and villages. 



112. Steganura pa r ad i sea — Paradise Widow-Bird. 

 Not so common as the last-named species but fairly generally 

 distributed. 



113. Passer griseus — Grey-headed Sparrow. Fairly 

 common ; found out in the veld as well as near civilization. 



114. Passer melanurus damarensis — Damara Cape 

 Sparrow. Not common, I met with only a few specimens 

 at Okanjande imd Ontjo. 



115. Passer motitensis — Greater South African 

 Sparrow. Very common everywhere ; this is the common 

 sparrow of this part of the world, where it is a familiar tame 

 bird, living amongst the houses like the European house 

 S[)arrow. 



116. Philetaerus socius — Sociable Weaver-Bird. 

 Not uncommon on the whole, but local, not being found over 

 large stretches of country ; and yet in others one may see 

 numbers of trees on which their huge nests have been built. 

 I have noticed that the boom-slang seems to be partial to 

 their nests, and I have several times seen the head and neck 

 of one of these snakes protruding from one of their nest- 

 holes ; no doubt they prey on the eggs and young. The 

 Rosy-faced Love-bird also sometimes occupies their quarters. 



117. Poliospiza angolensis — Black-throated Seed- 

 eater. Very common, and may always be seen in large 

 flocks watering at wells with all sorts of other birds. A 

 Yellow Seedeater also occurs in small numbers but I have 

 not yet obtained specimens (probably Serinus marsh alii). 



118. Emberiza flaviventris — Golden-breasted Bunt- 

 ing. Not very common, but I have seen a fair number, both 

 at Outjo and Okanjande. 



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