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2. Ov'iohis ,iaU>uJa,Um\. Golden Oriole. [20.] 

 <x. Imm. Kana Kiver, 17 Nov. 



The throat and breast of this specimen is <>rey streaked 

 with black ; the bill is black, and the feet are bluish-o-rey. 



3. Oriohis larratH,% Licht. Black-headed Oriole. [22.] 

 a. Imni. Gwelo River, 24 Nov. 



4. Hi/phantornis velatus (Vieill.). Masked Weaver 

 Bird. [25,] 



a, c?. Indabambi's, Shan^ani River, 11 Nov. 



Several completed nests of this bird, attached to reeds 

 overhanging the water, were examined, but they contained 

 no eggs. 



5. Anaplectes ruhriceps (Sund.). Red-headed Weaver 

 Bird. [30.]^ 



a. ? . Kana River, 17 Nov. 



b. (^ . Swena's, Gwamayaya River, 23 Nov. 



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Coleopterous, Hymenopterous, and Dipterous insects in 

 stomach. The female obtained at the Kana River was shot 

 as it left the nest. This was built of " Gonda " twigs and 

 lined with leaves, being shaped in the usual manner. It was 

 suspended from the end of a thin branch of an acacia tree 

 about 25 feet from the ground and contained three eggs. 



The Gwamayaya River specimens are a pair, and were also 

 shot at the nest. This nest was built of similar twigs to the 

 former, but of an abnormal shape. In addition to the long 

 vertical passage opening into the underside, there were two 

 .short blind passages at opposite sides on the top of the nest. 

 It contained two half-incubated eggs. 



G. Estrilda astrUda (Linn.). Common Waxbill. {J^--'] 

 u. c? . Kana River, 18 Nov. 



Shot among reeds in river-bed; there were aljout 15 or 20 

 together. — Small seeds in stomach. 



7. Estrilda sah/l^xva (Vieill.). Orange-breasted Waxbill. 

 [57.] 

 a. ? . Gonye's, Shangani River, 10 Nov. 



