8. rrROBRACHTA. 



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Young males at first resemble the old females, but are generally 

 rather blacker, have the lesser ■wing-coverts washed with j-ellow, 

 and show some distinct black streaks on the sides of the breast and 

 flanks. Some specimens in July show the scarlet wing-patch and 

 black wings of the adult male. 



Hah. S.E. Africa, from the neighbourhood of East London to 

 Natal and Mozambique and the Zanzibar district of East Africa. 



u. cJ ad. sk. 



Natal. 



Natal. 



Natal {T. Ay res). 



Natal. 



Bushman's Road, Natal, Feb. 



y, 1840 (J. Wahlberff). 

 Klapper's Lager, Natal, Feb. 



18, 1840 (/. Wahlberg). 

 Pinetown, Natal, Jan., Feb., 



May to July, Oct., Nov. {T. 



L. Ay res'). 

 Bothas Hill, Natal, July 16 



{T.L.A.). 

 Lower L^mgeni River, near 



Durban, July 21 (T.i. .4.). 

 Durban {T. L. Ay res). 

 Durban, Feb. 25 {G. E. S.). 

 Newcastle, Nov. 17 (A. E. 



Butler). 



Purchased. 

 T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 

 Salviu-Godman Coll. 

 Forbes Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Shai-pe Coll. 



SheUey Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shellev Coll. 

 Shellev CoU. 

 SheUe> Coll. 



I 



Subsp. a. Urobrachya hildebrandti. 



Penthetria axillaris, Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 264 (pt.). 



Adult male. Similar to U. axillaris, but with a larger and deeper 

 bill, which has a slight inclination to a swelling at the base of the 

 culmen : " bill yellowish white ; feet blackish ; iris brown " (Hilde- 

 brandt). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0"65, wing 3"3o, tail 2-o, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



Hob. Mombasa district, E. Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Lake Bombo, near Mombasa, July. Dr. Hildebrandt [C.]. 

 2. Urobrachya phcenicea. 



Coliuspasser phcenicea, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 39 (1856, descr. 



nulla); id. J.f. 0. 1862, p. 304 (desc. orig.), 1863, p. 167. 

 Urobrach3a axillaris (ti^c Smith), Reich. Singv. p. 64, Taf. xxix. 



fig. 228 (1861, nee fig. 229) ; Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 68 



(1864) ; Hartl. Ablmtidl. 7iat. Ver. Brevien, vii. p. 102 (1881) ; 



Pelz. Verh. z.-b. Gesellsch. Wien, xxx. p. 151 (1881), xxxi. p. 508 



(1882). 

 Vidua axillaris, Heugl. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 395. 

 Penthetria axillaris {nee Smith), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 581 



(1870) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer u. Reichen. J. f. O. 



1878, p. 264, 1879, p. 351 ; Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. 1886, p. 325. 

 Vidua phcenicea, Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 48, no. 6674 (1870). 

 L^robrachya zauzibarica, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 586. 

 Penthetria (Urobrachya) axillaris, Fischer, Zeitschr. qes. Orn. u 



p. 326 (1884). 



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