N. Rhodesia and the Katanga District of Congoland. 253 



Bill mauve-pink, culmen and gonys dusky ; feet dusky 

 brawn : iris dark brown. 



No. 292. Boukeya R., 3000 ft., July 27, 1907. 



Bill pinkish, culmen and gonys dusky ; feet dusky brown ; 

 iris dusky brown. 



No. 293. S • Buukeya R., 3000 ft., July 27, 1907. 



Bill pinkish, culmen and gonys dusky • feet dusky brown ; 

 iris dark brown. 



No. 583. J • Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 24, 

 1908. 



Bill dusky purple, reddish purple below ; feet dark brown ; 

 iris brown. 



This is rather a shy bird, haunting thickets &c. much in 

 the way of L. niveiguttata. 



337. Lagoxosticta h.ematocephala. 



Lagonostictah(einatoce/j/iala~Neum.; Sharpe, Hand-1. Birds, 

 v. p. 431. 



No. 128. <J . Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., April 1, 1907. 



Bill bluish horn-coloured, tipped with dusky ; feet greyish 

 purple ; iris brown, orbit pink. 



No. 148. <J ■ Kahili R., 3000 ft., April 20, 1907. 



Bill bluish dusky, lower mandible blue-grey tipped with 

 dusky; feet dusky grey; iris dark brown; orbit red. 



No. 274. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., July 9, 1907. 



Bill dusky grey, slightly paler below ; feet grey-brown ; 

 iris dark brown. 



No. 588. ? . Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 26, 

 1908. 



Bill dusky purplish; feet dark grey; iris dark brown. 



No. 730. <S . Kalungwisi R., Sept. 16, 1908. 



Bill dusky bluish ; feet dark grey ; iris brown. 



No. 749. J 1 ? Edge of Chimpili Plateau, Luwingu, 

 Sept. 24, 1908. 



Bill dusky bluish ; feet brown ; iris dark brown, orbit 

 pale bluish. 



A common and tame species, often seen feeding on bare 

 spots in native villages &c. with Estrilda angolensis. 



