80 Captain G. E. Shelley's Three Months 



the common Wren, with a well-hidden aperture, was very 

 thick, and composed entirely, inside and out, of a fine wiry 

 green grass. 



100. EsTRELDA iNCANA, Sundcv. South-African Grey 

 Bengale. 



These Finches are far from common at Durban, where, on 

 the 8th of March, I took one of their nests, containing two 

 pure white eggs. It was placed in a creeper overhanging the 

 footpath, and was easily reached from the ground. In con- 

 struction it was very similar to that of Estrelda astrild, 

 hut smaller and less compact, though made of the same 

 materials. 



101. Lagonosticta rubricata (Licht.). Ruby -breasted 

 Bengale. 



Tolerably abundant about Pinetown. 



102. Passer arcuatus (Gmel.). Cape-Sparrow. 



I shot several specimens of this Sparrow and also of the 

 next species at Wellington, in Cape colony. 



103. Passer diffusus. Smith. Southern Grey-headed 

 Sparrow. 



104. Crithagra sulphurata (Linn.). 

 Common in the pine- woods near Capetown. 



105. Crithagra butyracea (Linn.). Cape-Canary. 



I met with this Finch in the open country near the Paarl, 

 in Cape colony. 



106. Crithagra chrysopyga. Swains. Yellow-rumped 

 Canary. 



Very common at Pinetown. 



107. Fringillaria capensis (Linn.). Cape-Bunting. 



Abundant in Cape colony, where it appears chiefly to fre- 

 quent the rocky districts. Where I saw it most numerous 

 was at the Paarl, usually in pairs. Beak horn- colour, greyish 

 towards the base of the lower mandible ; irides dark brown ; 

 legs nearly black. Length of specimen in the flesh 6*1 

 inches. 



