112 Mr. E. C. Cluibl) on Birds collected 



XII r. (c). — On Birds collected in Nortliern Matalieleland. Bj 

 Ernest C. Chubb, F.Z.S., Assistant Curator Rhodesia 

 Museum. 



The 77 examples enumerated in this paper were collected by 

 myself during November 1907, while travelling betweei^ 

 Bulawayo and the Kana River, in search o£ specimens for 

 the Rhodesia Museum. The route followed was via Inyati, 

 and from there in a N.N.W. direction, crossing the Shangani 

 River just above where the Gwelo flows into it, and reaching 

 the Kana about on the 2yth meridian. 



The geological formation of the country from about 

 30 miles north of Inyati is chiefly Forest Sandstone, which 

 is covered with guzo, magonde or matjabele, and mapani 

 forests. They derive their names from the principal trees in 

 them. Jn the cnse of the mapani forests, they are often 

 composed entirely of that tree, and are usually found in more 

 low-lying gravelly soils. The magonde forests also usually 

 lie lower than the guzos, and are frequently met with on the 

 edges of the guzos and bordering the large open vleis which 

 are met with every now and again, generally with a river or 

 stream running through them. 



The recently described Poliospiza menneUi was secured 

 during this trip, and Estrilda svhj/ava, Bradijpterus htdxecula^ 

 and Thcdassornis lenconota were obtanied for the first time 

 in Southern Rhodesia. 



My thanks are due to Mr. H. De Laessoe, who kindly 

 arranged for me to join the expedition and assisted me in 

 securing specimens, and also to Mr. F. P. Mennell for a 

 contribution towards the expenses. 



References are given to Stark and Sclater's Birds of 

 South Africa by the species number in that work being 

 enclosed in square brackets. 



1. Laviiirocolivs jdia'nicopterns hispecularis (Strickl.). 

 Lesser Red-winged Glossy Starling. [15.] 



a. ? juv. Hunda's near Tokw(! River, 2 Dec. 

 I'. Juv. „ „ ,, „ 3 Dec. 



