382 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 



Vidua ardens (Bodd.). 



a, c? . Drakenberg, December 20tli, 1873. 



Bill and legs black ; ms dark hazel. 



1 only met "u-ith this bird on our return journey. It fre- 

 quents marshy land on the sides of streams. 



Urobachya axillaris (Smith). 



This bird I only saw on my way down close to Pietermaritz- 

 burg ; but having no gun^ I never procured a specimen ; when 

 flying it resembled C. proyne minus the long tail. 



Estrelda cyaxogastra (Daud.). 



$ . Matabili, September 29th, 1873. 



Beak purple ; legs light brown ; iris orange-red. 



Very common through the Transvaal into the iMatabili 

 countr)^ It is a rather more conspicuous species than some of 

 the other smaU Finches. 



Estrelda graxatixa (L.). 



2 . MatabiH, September 29th, 1873. 

 Beak red ; legs black ; iris orange-red. 



Common in the Matabili country, where they go about in 

 small flocks. 



Pytelia melba (L.). 



$ . Bamangwato, October 26th, 1873. 



Beak crimson ; legs brown ; iris red. 



Met with, though not ver}'^ abundantly, throughout the 

 Bamangwato and Matabili countries. They seem to be very 

 unobtrusive in their habits. 



Passer , sp. 



I once found three or four pairs of Sparrows building in 

 some old trees near the Limpopo ; I procured one, but it was 

 too much injured to be of any use. I do not remember 

 having met with them again. The one I shot resembled P. 

 simplex, which is the common species on the Gold Coast, and 

 was most likely P. diffusus. 



Fringillaria flaviventris (V.). 

 6 . Transvaal, July 4th, 1873. 



