358 Capt. G. E. Shelley on a Collection of 



163. PoLiospizA GULARis (Smith). 



(117) Matje Umschlope, 23rd November. Iris hazel; bill 

 light dusky brown, with the under mandible pale towards the 

 tip ; tarsi and feet dusky brown. Total length in the flesh 

 5"5 inches. 



164. Crithagra butyracea (Linn.). 



(175) (^ , Spalding's, Hart river, 28th January. In both 

 sexes — iris dark brown; bill light brown, with the under 

 mandible pale; tarsi and feet dusky ashy brown. 



It is common here, frequenting the low mimosa bushes. 



165. CiTHAGRA CHRYSOPYGA (Swaius.). 



(87) S > Umvuli river, 1st October. Iris light brown ; bill 

 pale, Avith the culmen dusky ; tarsi and feet ashy. 



Occasionally met with in small flocks, which frequent the 

 upper branches of the trees. 



166. Fringillaria flaviventris (Vieill.). 



(82) ^, Ganyani river, 17th September; ^J, 15th No- 

 vember, Matje Umschlope. Matabele name ^'N'kilo.'' 

 By no means uncommon in the Mashoona cmip^try. 



167. Fringillaria TAHAPisi (Smith). 



(160) cJ, Kanye, 8th January. Iris dark umber; bill, 

 upper mandible horny black, lower one gamboge-yellow ; 

 tarsi and feet dingy brownish yellow. 



Found sparsely amongst the rocks. 



168. Treron delalandii (Bp.). 



(45) ^ , 14tli August, $ , 4th September, Umvuli river. 

 Iris of a beautiful pale blue ; bill very light bluish ash at the 

 tip, with the basal portion bright orange. The female is less 

 brieht and rather smaller than the male. 



It is plentiful at the Umvuli at this season, feeding on the 

 wild fruit which the Boers call the '' moople ; " the tree is a 

 handsome, dense, dark-foliaged one, and grows here and there 

 all along the banks of the river. There is also a wild fig-tree 

 in full bearing, with an insipid fruit of the size of a walnut, 

 which the birds are very fond of. After leaving Rusteuburg 

 we did not meet with this bird until we arrived at the Umvuli. 



