182 Mr. C. G. Davies on Birds ohserved 



of the Umzinhlava River. I have seen a colony of this and 

 the previous species nesting in the same tree, and the nests 

 appeared to be exactly similar. 



12. SiTAGRA OCULARIA. Smith's "Weaver. 

 Fairly common everywhere, generally in pairs. 



13. SiTAGRA CAPENSis OLIVACEA. Eastern Cape Weaver. 

 Not common, and locally distributed — Lusikisiki and 



Bizana. 



14. Sycobrotus gregalis. Black-backed Weaver. 

 Rather common in all the forest country. 



15. Amblyospiza albifrons. Thick-billed Weaver. 



Not common, but generally distributed, perhaps commonest 

 at Port St. Johns ; there were a good many nesting in the 

 reeds near the Pont just now. 



16. Lagonosticta rubricata, S. African Ruddy Wax- 

 bill. 



Common, generally in pairs. 



17. EsTRiLDA ASTRILDA. Common Waxbill. 

 Very common everywhere. 



18. EsTRiLDA CLARKEi. Orange-breasted Waxbill. 

 Not common, generally in small flocks. 



19. EsTRiLDA DUFRESNii. Dufresne's Waxbill. 

 Common at Flagstaff, scarcer elsewhere. 



20. Ortygospiza polyzona. Bar-breasted Finch. 

 Common everywhere. 



21. Spermestes scutatus. Hooded Weaver Finch.. 

 Rather scarce. Flagstaff and Bizana, 



22. QUELEA ERYTHROPS ? 



In October 1905 I shot two small Red-headed Weaver 

 Finches. As I could not identify them I sent them to the 

 S.A. Museum, Cape Town. Mr. Peringuey, the Director, 

 believes them to be Q. erythrops, which has so far not been 

 recorded from S. Africa. Both these birds were moulting, 

 and one of them had some red feathers on the mantle and 



