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breast, which looks as if they would have had these parts red 

 in the full plumage, in which case they would be a new 

 species. I had intended to have looked out for more, but 

 unfortunately I was removed from Flagstaff and have not 

 been there since, nor have I seen any of these birds elsewhere. 

 They were consorting with Pyromelana oryx and CoUopasser 

 ardens in the reeds of a marsh close to the village. 



23. Pyromelana oryx. Red Bishop Bird. 



Local. Common at Flagstaff and Bizana, but I have not 

 seen them at Lusikisiki or St. Johns. 



24. Pyromelana capensis approximans. Black-and- 

 yellow Bishop Bird. 



Not common. Flagstaff and Lusikisiki. 



25. Urobrachya axillaris. Red-shouldered Widow 

 Bird. 



Common everywhere. 



26. CoLiOPASSER PROCNE. Grreat-tailed Widow Bird. 

 Not common, but generally distributed. 



27. CoLioPASSER ARDENS. Red-collared Widow Bird. 

 Very common everywhere. 



28. Vidua principalis. Pin-tailed Widow Bird. 

 Fairly common everywhere except Port St. Johns. 



29. PoLiosPiZA GULARis. Streaky-headed Seed-eater. 

 Very common. 



30. Serinus canicollis. Cape Canary. 

 Common everywhere. 



31. Serinus flaviventris. Yellow-bellied Seed-eater. 

 Common everywhere. 



32. Emberiza flaviventris. Golden-breasted Buntino-. 

 Not common ; generally found in mimosa thorn bush. 



33. Tephrocorys cinerea. Red-capped Lark. 

 Local : common, Bizana ; scarcer elsewhere. 



34. Macronyx capensis. Orange-throated Long-claw. ^ 

 Very common in grass country. 



