82 Messrs. A. Haagner and R. H. Ivy on the 



23. Spermestes fringilloides (La£r,). Pied Finch. 



An occasional visitor. The specimen in the collection v^^as 

 captured in Belmont Valley in January 1891, and was kept 

 in captivity till August 1893, when it died. This species is 

 new to Cape Dolony. 



24. *Spermestes scutatus (Heuglin). Hooded Finch. 

 Sparingly met with. It makes a good cage-l^ird, living 



for years in an aviary. 



25. Amadina erythrocephala (Linn.). Red-headed 

 Finch. 



Formerly very rare in Albany, but of late years it has 

 become fairly common, nid nests in low thorn-bushes on 

 the flats near Grahamstown. The locality in Sclater's 

 Check-list is only given as Northern Cape Colony, so it 

 must be considered another addition to the Southern 

 Avifauna. 



26. Pyuomelana capensis approximans (Cab.). Lesser 

 Yellow Bishop. 



Fairly common ; nests in the long grass in the vicinity of 

 small mountain-streams. 



27. *Coliopasser procne (Bodd.). Great-tailed Widow 

 Bird. 



Fairly common between Grahamstown and Port Alfred ; 

 and also on the marshy ground near the Chief Reservoir at 

 Sly Kraal. We have collected specimens. 



28. *Coliopasser ardens (Bodd.). Red-collared Widow 

 Bird. 



Fairly common, but not nearly so plentiful as in years 

 gone by, before so much swampy land had been drained. 

 Their nests are now very scarce, but were formerly very 

 plentiful amongst the rank grass of the swamps in the 

 vicinity of the town. The eggs number three or four, and 

 the nest is as described by Ellemor in this Journal. 



29. Vidua PRINCIPALIS (Linn.). Pin-tailed Widow Bird. 

 Fairly common. 



