88 Dr. F. E. Stoehr and Mr. W. L. Sclater on 



48. Lagonosticta JAMRSONi. (Jameson's Ruddy Waxbill.) 

 (a) S- Ulungii, May '05. 



Fairly common. 



49. Lagonosticta rendalli. (Little Ruddy "Waxbill.) 

 (a) (h) ^ ? . No locality. 



Hops about every village. 



50. Lagonosticta niveoguttata. (Peters' Ruddy Wax- 

 bill.) 



(a) (b) (c). c?, 2 ?. Ulungu Nov. '04. L'is dark brown. 



Common on the Ulungu stream, which runs into the 

 Loangwa, but I have only once seen it elsewhere. Generally 

 in thick bush. It is, I believe, the bird which sings with a 

 soft whistle " wh-wh-wh-tvh~i.vhwo" 



55. EsTRiLDA angolensis. (Blue-breasted Waxbill.) 



(a). No loc. 



Often found with Lagonosticta rendalli. 



57. EsTRiLDA CLARKEi. (Orange- breasted Waxbill.) 

 {a-d) 3 c?, 1 ? . Loangwa, Nov. '04. 

 Found in the reeds along the river. 



62. Spermestes nigrigeps. (Rufous-backed Weaver 

 Finch.) 



(a) S • Escarpment nr. M^tika, Oct. '05. Iris dark; bill 

 dark blue-grey ; legs leaden grey. 



64 a. Amadina fasctata. (Cut-throat Weaver Finch.) 



(a) (/>) S ? . George's Ferry, Feb. '04. 



{c) (d) S ? . Nr. Feira, Apr. '05. 



Fairly common near Feira. In July 1 came across a flock 

 of them at a waterhole between the Angwa and Planjani. 

 Close by was a party of Ploceipasser jyectoi^alis, and it struck 

 me that the two species were much alike in manners, flying 

 after each other and sitting all together on a branch, then to 

 their nests and then back again, all with much twittering and 

 excitement without any apparent cause. Their nests, too, 

 were like those of P. pectoralis but smaller. 



On the Zambesi during the breeding-season they were 

 never in flocks, but in pairs and were very quiet, sitting on a 

 branch for a long time together. 



