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



326. Pyromelana xanthomel^ena. 



Pyromelana wantkomel&na Sharpe ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 89. 



No. 489. '3 in summer. Upper Luangwa Valley, 3000 ft., 

 March 29, 1908. 



Bill, upper mandible black, lower white; feet dull brownish; 

 iris dark brown. 



327. Pyromelana taha. 



Pyromelana taha (Smith) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 114. 

 No. 312. ? ad. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 8, 1907. 

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

 iris brown. 



328. Ploceipasser pectoralis. 



Ploceipasser pectoralis (Peters) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 90. 



No. 473. ? in summer. 1 Lundazi R., Upper Luangwa Val- 



No.474. S in summer. S ley, 2000 ft., March 4, 1908. 



Bill black ; feet greyish brown ; iris reddish brown. 



This bird, so far as my experience goes, is rigidly confined 

 to "Mopane " forest in the Luangwa Valley. It is a grega- 

 rious and extremely noisy bird, building a very untidy grass- 

 nest, which is usually placed at the tip of a branch of Mimosa. 



329. Quelea lathami. 



Quelea lathami (Smith) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 90. 



330. Quelea cardinalis. 



Quelia cardinalis (Hartl.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 91. 

 No. 487. <J in summer. Upper Luangwa Valley, 3000 ft., 

 March 29, 1908. 



Bill black ; feet brownish flesh-coloured ; iris dark brown. 



331. Spermestes scutatus. 



Spermestes scutatus Heugl. ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 91. 



No. 131. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., April 1, 1907. 



Bill black, lower mandible bluish white ; feet duskv ; iris 

 brown. 



No. 255. S • Upper Lufira R., 3500 ft., June 25, 1907. 



Bill black, lower mandible whitish tipped with grey ; feet 

 dusky ; iris dark brown. 



Nos. 256, 257. Imm. $ ? . Upper Lufira R., June 25, 

 1907. 



