N. Rhodesia and the Katanga District of Congoland. 255 



344. ESTRILDA ANGOLENSIS. 



Estrilda ango/ensis (L.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 95. 



No. 308. ? ? Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 4, 1907. 



Bill amethyst-pink, tipped and edged with dusky ; feet pale 

 brown ; iris red-brown. 



No. 355. S • Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Sept. 2, 1907. 



Bill lilac-pink, tipped with dusky ; feet greyish flesh- 

 coloured ; iris brown. 



This little bird is ubiquitous over a wide area and is 

 extremely tame. It is almost domesticated in the villages, 

 obtaining most of its food from the refuse of the native 

 grain. 



345. ESTRILDA PHCENICOTIS. 



Urceginthus phoenicotis (Swains.) ; Sharpe, Hand-1. Birds, 

 v. p. 456. 



Urceginthus bengalus (L.) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 207. 



Nos. 663, 664. <$ ? . Lof uValley, L. Tanganyika, Aug. 14 . 

 1908. 



Bill pinkish lilac, tip and culmen dusky; feet pale brownish; 

 iris reddish brown. 



This bird appears to replace E. angolensis in the Lower 

 Lofu Valley, S. of L. Tanganyika. I did not meet with it 

 elsewhere. 



346. ESTRILDA MINOR. 



Estrilda minor (Cab.) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 180. 

 No. 311. ? Bunkeya R.; 3000 ft., Aug. 7, 1907. 

 Bill red ; feet dark brown ; iris brown. 



347. Estrilda benguellensis. 



Estrilda benguellensis Neum. Bull. B. O. C. xxi. p. 96 

 (1908). 



No. 193. S ad. Upper Lualaba R., 3500 ft., May 18, 

 1907. 



Bill crimson ; feet dark brown ; iris red. 



No. 243. ? ad. Upper Lufira R., 3500 ft., June 19, 

 1907. 



Bill coral-red ; feet dusky brown ; iris red. 



