170 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



211. Pytelia melba (Linn.). Southern Red-faced Finch. 

 Fri)ujiU<i clefjam, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pi. 2o. 

 Pyh'Ua melha, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 1852, 



'p. loO. 

 EstrcMa melba, Layard's Cat. No. 392. 

 PijteUa melba, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 402. 

 „ „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 632. 



This Finch is found sparingly in Damara and Great 

 Namaqua Land, and usually occurs in pairs ; its favourite 

 resort is low bush and old abandoned village fences, 

 whence the Damaras call it the " Kraal bird." Its food 

 consists of seed and insects. 



The iris is orange-brown, the legs and toes purplish. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 4 11 4 10 



Length of folded wing ..24 24 



„ tarsus ....07 08 



„ middle toe ...00 05 



„ tail 1 11 2 



bill 6 6 



212. Lagonosticta minima (YioilL). Amadavat Finch. 

 Frinr/illa minima, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pi. 10. 

 Estrelda mtnitna, Layard's Cat. No. 387. 



Pytelia minima, Finsch & Ilartlaub's Vtigel Ost-Afiika's, p. 444. 

 Lagonosticta minima, Shai-pe's Cat. No. 031. 



I never saw but one individual of this diminutive 

 Finch — a male obtained at Ondonga, Nov. 25th, 1866. 

 Measurements of this specimen : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 4 1 



Length of folded wing 1 11 



,, tarsus 5 



„ middle toe 5 



„ tail 16 



bill 4 



