286 Mr. F. W. Styan on the Birds of 



30th September, 1898. This Weaver-bird is found all over 

 this district, wherever there is thick bush.^^ — H. F. F. 



This is also a species uot hitherto recorded from anywhere 

 south of the Zambesi. 



6. Centropus natalensis Shelley : id. Cat. B. xix. 

 p. 362. 



" (a) Male : iris bright red. Inhambane, 2nd October, 

 1898. (b) Female : iris bright red ; legs leaden coloured ; 

 feet slightly darker. North of Inhambane, 5th October, 

 1898. Very common. Its note is a long combined suc- 

 cession of ku-ku-ku's, loud and full ; it can be heard every- 

 where in the early mornings and afternoons, and very often 

 at night too.''— H. F. F. 



This is a widely-diffused South-African species, extending 

 north to the Zambesi. 



7. Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe : Shelley, Cat. B. 

 xix. p. 403. 



" Female : iris dark wine-colour. North of the Inhambane. 

 8th October, 1898. This species is not uncommon, but 

 rather difficult to procure on account of its habit of keeping 

 to the thickest bush."— H. F. F. 



8. Glaucidium capense (Smith) : Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. 

 p. 223. 



" Female : iris bright yellow, pupil rather large and 

 blue-black. North of Inhambane, 27th September, 1898. 

 Native name here and in Gazaland ' Sikothlwan.' " — H. F. F. 



XX. — Additions to the List of Lower Yangtse Birds. 

 By F. W. Styan. 



In 'The Ibis,' 1891, pp. 316-359, 481-510, will be found a 

 list of birds known to occur in the Lower Yangtse Basin, 

 and in 1894, pp. 333-335, appears a short supplementary list : 

 to these further observation has now added the following 

 seventeen species, bringing up the total to 385 species ( Tringa 

 subminuta having been by mistake entered twice) : — 



