SOUTH AFRICAN BIRDS AND THEIR DIET 

 Southern Red-faced Weaver Finch. 



{Pytel'ia melha.) 



Hartlaub's Red-faced Weaver Finch. 



{Pytel'ia nitidula.) 

 Diet. — Grass and weed seeds, also small insects. 



Ruddy Waxbills. 



(Genus — Lagonosticta.) 



Diet. — The seeds of grasses and weeds, chiefly the former. 



Common Waxbills. 



Rooibeckie, Blue-breasted Waxbill, Zebra Wax- 

 bill, Dufresne's Waxbill, Grenadine Waxbill, 

 Orange-breasted Waxbill, etc. 



(Genus — Estrelda.) 



Diet. — These waxbills feed chiefly on the seeds of weeds 

 and grasses ; small insects, their larvae and eggs are also eaten. 



Bar-breasted Weaver Finch, or Drinky. 



[Ortygospixa polyxona.) 



Diet. — Grass seeds, termites, and small ground larvae and 

 insects' eggs. 



Weaver Finches. 



(Genus — Spermestes.) 

 Diet. — Seeds of grasses and weeds. 



Social Weaver Finch. 



[Philetcerus socius.) 

 Diet. — Grass seeds, small berries, beetles, and larvae. 



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