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323. Urobrachya bocagit. 



Urobrachya bocagei Sharpe ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 133. 



No. 500. ? in summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 

 Valley, 4000 ft., April 16, 1908. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pinkish 

 horn-coloured; iris brown. 



No. 505. $ in summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 

 Valley, April 17, 1908. 



Bill bluish white; feet dusky brown ; iris dark brown. 



No. 506. cf bi summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 

 Valley, April 18, 1908. 



Bill pale bluish white; feet black ; iris dark brown. 



No. 711. S in winter. Kalungwisi R., Sept. 9, 1909. 



Bill bluish grey, brownish around nostrils ; feet and iris 

 brown. 



Nos. 794, 796. ? ? in winter. Lower Chambezi Valley, 

 Oct. 26, 1908. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet and iris 

 brown. 



I found this rare Widow-bird not uncommon in swamps in 

 the High Plateau country, in the more northern portion of 

 N.E. Rhodesia. It frequently lives among reeds and 

 swamp-grasses at a very considerable distance from dry 

 land. 



324. Pyromelana flammiceps. 



Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 88. 



No. 88. S m summer. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 15, 

 1907. 



Bill black; feet brown ; iris dark brown. 



No. 89. ? in summer. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 15, 

 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pinkish 

 bi*own ; iris brown. 



325. Pyromelana nigrifrons. 



Pyromelana nigrifrons Bohm ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 89. 

 No. 465. <$ in summer. Near Ft. Jameson, Jan. 18, 

 1908. 



Bill black ; feet brownish pink ; iris dark brown. 



