Bu'dx of Irene. fil 



but beino- very like Passer griseus (Southern Grey-headed 

 Sparrow) it might easily be passed over. It was amongst 

 some Acacias right out in the veld. 



*84. Passer melanurus. ((-ape Sparrow.) 



The Cape Sparrow is common here. 



All the nests I have seen have been very untidy domed 

 structures, placed in the branches of very thorny trees. I have 

 never seen a nest in a hollow of a tree. 



Reichenow (Vog. Afr. iii. p. 233) adopts the older name 

 of " melanurus" in place of " arcualus " for this species. 



*S6. Passer griseus. (Southern Grey-headed Sparrow.) 



(a) c?. 13.11.03. 



In stomach seeds. 



The Southern Grey-headed Sjiarrow is very connnon here, 

 more so than P. melanurus. It nests in the hollow of a tree. 

 Reichenow (Vog. Afr. iii. p. 230) has adopted the older 

 name of ''^griseus " in place of '■'' difxisus." 



87. POLIOSPIZA gularis. (Streaky-headed Seed-eater.) 



(a) S- 26.12.03. 



(//) S- 2.1.04. 



In stomach seeds. 



The Streaky-headed Seed-eater is a common resident ; in 

 winter generally found in company with other Seed-eaters. 

 They are tame birds, easily caught, and make good songsters 

 in an aviary. 



*91 & 92. Anomalospiza imberbih. (Von der Decken's 

 Seed-eater.) 



= Critliagra rendalli (Tristram, Ibis, 1895, p. 129). 



=zSerinus rendalli (Kendall's Seed-eater). 



I obtained what I am sure was an example of this Seed- 

 eater in Nov. 1904, but unfortunately the skin was destroyed 

 by a cat before I could compare it with other skins. I have 

 seen other specimens obtained near Johannesburg. 



Capt. Shelley has pointed out in his ' Birds of Africa,' 

 vol. iv. p. 108, that the two type specimens of Serums 



