THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



SOOTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION. 



Vol. X. DECEMBER 1914. No. 1. 



I. — Additional List of] and J^otes on Birds collected and 

 observed in Zimhiti District 22 miles from Beira, P. E. A, 

 Bj P. A. Sheppard. 



209. Hypochera funerea. (Black Widow Fincli.) 

 Quite a number passed throu(;h here on Dec. 25 and 2(j^ 



1908, migrating south (I saw none after those dates). Thej 

 were in company with Q. er^throj'S. All six specimens pro- 

 cured appeared to be moulting, as a number of white feathers 

 are in all of them ; and some of the males are very handsome 

 in their blue and white colouring underneath. They were 

 feeding on grass-seeds. 



210. EsTRiLDA SUBFLAYA. (Orange-breasted Waxbill.) 

 Not particularly plentiful and appearing in small flocks. 



211. Pyrenestes grantii. (Grant^s Weaver Finch.) 

 Decidedly rare. I have procured about half a dozen 



specimens and seen a few others. This species appears to 

 haunt the thick herbage along the small streams in and about 

 this locality, where I have shot all my specimens. They are 

 not particularly shy, and their brilliant crimson heads shou' 

 lip very clearlv. They feed on various grasses. 



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