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overhanging the water. H. cabanisi seemed nowhere common, 

 and to resemble //. auricapillus in habits, building in trees. 



30. SiTAGRA OCULARIA. (Smith's Weaver Bird.) 

 (a) ? . Ulungu, May '05. 



33. SiTAGRA CAPENSis OLIVACEA. (Eastern Cape Weaver 

 Bird.) 



(a). Uliiugn, Apr. '05. 



37. Anaplectes gurneyi. (Gurney's Weaver Bird.) 



{a) (b). Chiromwe, Oct. '03. 



(c) juv. Korasisi, Sept. ■'04. 



(c^) $ juv. Serenji, July '05. 



Occurs singly and is not common. Early in January I 

 saw a few building. 



[These specimens are all somewhat intermediate between 

 A. rubriceps (Red-headed Weaver Bird) and A. gurneyi. 

 The latter does not appear to be a very distinct form and is 

 hardly recognized by Shelley. One of the examples from 

 Chiromwe has the most black about the ear-coverts and front 

 of the face and is nearest to the true A. gurneyi.'] 



41. Ploceipasser MAHALi. (White-browed Weaver Bird.) 



(a). Between Tette and Chilwa on the Zambesi, June '03. 



[h). Boundary, Oct. '03. 



{c) [d). George's Ferry, Feb. and Mar. '04. 



A common species. 



44. Ploceipasser pectoralis. (Stripe-chested Weaver 

 Bird.) 



(a) (b) $ . Ulungu, June '05. Iris light or red ; bill 

 white or horny. 



[A rare species; previously obtained only once, on the 

 Cnnene River in Angola by Van der Kellen.] 



45. Pytelia melba. (Southern Red-faced Weaver 

 Finch.) 



(a) ^ . Opposite Feira, Sept. '03. 

 Common in thickets. 



