N. Rhodesia and the Katanga District of Congoland. 229 



No. 200. ? . Upper Lualaba, 3500 ft., May 21, 1907. 

 Bill black ; feet pale bluish grey ; iris brownish purple. 

 This bird resembles the preceding in its habits, but is 

 much less common. 



269. POMATORHYNCHUS ANCHIETjE. 



Pomatorhynchus anchietce (Bocage) ; Reich, loc. cit. ii. 

 p. 553. 



No. 35. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 16, 1907. 



Bill dusky horn-coloured, greyish below ; feet olive-slate- 

 eoloured ; iris olive-brown. 



No. 54. $ breeding. Kambove, Feb. 23, 1907. 



Bill black; feet dusky grey; iris amethyst-pink. 



No. 55. S imm. Kambove, Feb. 23, 1907. 



Bdl brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet dark grey ; 

 iris pinkish brown. 



No. 393. S ad. Lufupa R., 4000 ft., Oct. 12, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet greenish grey ; iris salmon-pink. 



This bird differs somewhat in its habits from other species 

 of the genus. It usually frequents long grass on tlie edges 

 of patches of forest. It utters from time to time a few 

 notes of a singularly sweet tone. 



270. NlLAUS NIGRITEMPORALIS. 



Nilaus nigritemporalis Reich. ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 76. 



No. 516. <$ . Chambezi Valley, 4000 ft., May 1, 1908. 



Bill black ; base of lower mandible blue-grey ; feet olive- 

 grey; iris dark brown. 



This seems a rare bird. The few individuals that I have 

 seen formed members of a" bird-party/' and were silently 

 hunting through the trees for insects. 



Fam. Parid^s. 



271. Parus NIGER. 



Parus niger Vieill. ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 76. 

 No. 484. S • Upper Luangwa Valley, 2500 ft., March 17, 

 1908. 



Bill and feet black ; iris dark brown. 



