368 Capt. G. E. Slielley on Birds 



Dr. 11. B. Sharpe basiuformed me that his P. striatipec tus 

 is not distinct from P. reichardi Reichen. 



9. Serinus icterus. 

 Two specimens. 



10. ESTRILDA INCANA. 



The little we know regarding the Natal Grey Waxbill is 

 that it was discovered by Wahlberg in the Natal district. 1 

 found its nest at Durban, on the 8th March, placed in a 

 creeper overhanging the footpath ; and the Messrs. Wood- 

 ward likewise found it breeding in Zululand in a small tree 

 in the open country, and describe the nest as " very loosely 

 made of grass, lined with fowls' feathers. It contained six 

 very small white eggs.'" A specimen, evidently of this 

 species, procured by Peters at Inhambane, has been made 

 the ty^e of Habropyga polioffttstj'a Reichen. It is therefore 

 interesting to find it next recorded from about 15° due north 

 from Inhambane, in the Mambwe country, between the lakes 

 of Nyasa and Tanganyika. Its plumage is delicate blue- 

 grey, with the lower back crimson. 



11. Anaflectes gurneyi. 



As I first described this species from a specimen presented 

 to me by Prof. Barboza du Bocage from Caconda, I am 

 pleased to meet with it again from the Tanganyika Plateau to 

 the north-west of Lake Nyasa, thus extending its known 

 range eastward by about 20° of longitude. 



12. Sycobrotus amaurocephalus. 



This is the first specimen I have seen of this species, and 

 it is new to the British Museum Collection. The type was 

 procured by Schiitt at Talla Magongo, in Angola ; examples 

 have also been procured by Bohndorff at Kibondo, on the 

 Upper Congo, and southward by Anchieta at Quissange ; and 

 as Bohm found it near Lake Tanganyika, it is not surprising 

 that it should be in the present collection from the Tan- 

 ganyika Plateau. Its plumage is uniform brown above, 

 rather darker on the head, and the lower throat and under 

 surface of the body bright yellow. It is very well figured, 

 J. f. O. 1880, pi. iii. fig. 1. 



