338 Mr. J. J. Monteiro on Birds collected in Angola. 



reminded me strongly of that of the common Robin on a winter 

 evening. 



32. Parus leucopterus. 



Never observed another specimen of this bird anywhere in 

 Angola. Shot near the river Mucozo, in Cambambe. Stomach 

 contained four caterpillars. 



33. Vidua decora, Hartlaub, sp. uov. 

 Very abundant in Cambambe. 



34. Euplectes flammiceps. 



Abundant in Cambambe and about the river Quanza. 



35. Ixos TRICOLOR, Hartlaub, sp. nov. 



Common at Massangano and in Cambambe ; seen generally 

 in the negro towns. The stomach of this specimen was found 

 to be full of small grass-seeds. 



36. CORYTHAIX PAULINA. 



This species of Plantain-eater is very common towards Pungo 

 Andongo. I also observed it at Massangano, where it is also 

 said to abound. I purchased four, alive, in the short time I was 

 at Cambambe. They are difficult to keep in confinement, as 

 they will not readily become used to any other food but bananas. 

 I had one fine male, however, that would eat anything almost, 

 and which I was bringing down to Loanda; but the black, 

 whose only duty was to take care and carry it in a cage, allowed 

 it to escape. 



37. BucoRAX ABYSsiNicus. Native name, " Engungoashito." 

 If not a new species, these birds are certainly the first that 



have ever been collected in Angola, where great efforts have been 

 made by many persons to induce the natives to capture them, 

 but unsuccessfully, on account of the superstitious dread the 

 natives have of them. 



They are found sparingly nearly everywhere in Angola, be- 

 coming abundant, however, only towards the interior. In the 

 mountain-range in which Pungo Andongo is situated, and run- 

 ning nearly N. and S., they are common, and it was near the 

 base of these mountains that I shot these two specimens. They 

 are seen in flocks of six or eight (the natives say, always in equal 



