248 Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 



This handsome Widow-bird is not uncommon on grassy- 

 plains and swamps on the High Plateau. The males are 

 very tame, but the females, especially at the breeding-season, 

 are very shy and difficult to obtain. 



321. Penthetria albonotata. 



Penthetria albonotata (Cass.) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 146. 



No. 458. S in summer. Petauke, 2100 ft., Jan. 8, 1908. 



Bill pale bluish white ; feet dusky brown ; iris dark 

 brown . 



No. 466. <$ in summer. Rukususi R., Upper Luangwa 

 Valley, 3000 ft., Feb. 17, 1908. 



Bill blue-grey ; feet black ; iris dark brown. 



No. 628. <$ in winter. Upper Kalungwisi R., July 27, 

 1908. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pale brown ; 

 iris brown. 



This bird is more widely distributed than either P. hart- 

 laubi or Urobrachya bocagii, and differs from those species in 

 occurring in the Luangwa Valley. 



322. Pkntiiktriofsis macrura. 



Penthetriopsis macroura (Gm.). 



Coliuspasser macroura Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 138. 



No. 85. S m summer. Dikulwe R., 3500 ft., March 15, 



1907. 



Bill black, lower mandible tipped with greyish horn- 

 colour ; feet black ; iris dark brown. 



No. 86. ? in summer. Dikulwe R., March 15, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pinkish 

 brown ; iris dark brown. 



No. 87. <$ in summer. Dikulwe R., March 15, 1907. 



Bill black, lower mandible tipped with bluish horn-colour : 

 feet black; iris dark brown. 



No. 215. S m summer. Upper Lualaba R.,vMay 28, 

 1907. 



Bill black, lower mandible tipped with greyish horn- 

 colour ; feet black ; iris dark brown. 



This bird was only met with in the Kambove district and 

 to the west of it. I never saw it in Northern Rhodesia. 



