N. Rhodesia and the Katanga District of Congoland. 257 



Bill blue-grey, distal halt" of upper inaudible dusky j feet 

 pinkish; iris red. 



No. 343. S ■ Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 31, 1907. 



Bill bluish grey, tip of upper mandible dusky ; feet pinkish 

 grey; iris red. 



No. 346. S • Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 31, 1907. 



Bill whitish, tip of upper mandible and nostrils dusky ; 

 feet pinkish grey ; iris reddish brown. 



No. 680. S • Lofu Valley, Aug. 24, 1908. 



Bill blue-grey, tip of culmeu dusky ; feet pinkish grey ; 

 iris dull red. 



This is essentially a dense forest species. It is rather shy 

 and has an extremely harsh jarring note. I only met with it 

 within the Congo Basin. 



352. SlTAGRA CROCATA. 



Sitagra crocata (Hartl.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 96. 



No. 30. $ juv. Kambove, 4500 ft., Feb. 14, 1907. 



Bill brownish horn-coloured, whitish below ; feet dull 

 greyish ; iris dark brown. 



No. 197. S ad. Upper Lualaba R., 3500 ft., May 20, 

 1907. 



Bill black ; feet dull greyish ; iris pale sulphur-yellow. 



No. 262. ? ad. Kambove, 4500 ft., July 1, 1907. 



Bill black, tip of lower mandible whitish ; feet grey ; iris 

 grey. 



No. 332. S ad. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Aug. 21, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet grey ; iris pale olive-brown. 



No. 357. $ ad. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., Sept. 5, 1907. 



Bill black ; feet grey ; iris pale yellow. 



This bird is common, but is not very often seen, as it 

 usually skulks among the thickets on river-banks. 



353. Amblyospiza albifrons. 



Amblyospiza albifrons (Vigors) ; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 98. 



I did not obtain this species myself, but saw some living 

 specimens which had been obtained in the neighbourhood of 

 Ft. Jameson. 



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