24 Mr. P. A. ShepparJ on B'lnU collected and 



Note. — The measurements of the last-named clutch are as 

 follows : — 



P. oryx 20'5xl5'0 mm. ; C. cupreus 24-5 x 15'5 mm.; 

 Q. quelea 18 x 14 mm. 



I also discovered a clutch of spotted specimens of P. oryx. 

 Has this variety been recorded before ? I have only observed 

 two other instances, one of which occurs in my own collec- 

 tion, and the other is now, I believe, in the beautiful 

 collection of the Transvaal Museum. The spots are very 

 minute, but unmistakable. 



The Cathedral Precincts, Pretoria. 

 April 2, 1908, 



VI. — A List of, and Notes on, Bird^i collected and ohserved 

 in the District of Beira, Portuguese S.E. Africa. By 

 P. A. Sheppakd, 



AViTH the exception of a very few species, the following 

 birds were collected by me in the Beira territory. The 

 District is extremely flat, consisting of open grass plains. A 

 belt of higher ground is reached about four miles inland, 

 Avhich in places is thickly wooded : in others the woods are 

 more open, with two or three small streams flowing down 

 on to the flats. The highest elevation collected over is about 

 165 feet above sea-level. The area over which the birds 

 "Were collected, with the exception of a few, is not much more 

 than 36 square miles. The list is by no means complete, 

 there being a number of Warblers, Wrens, and other small 

 birds, also a few water-birds, which I have noticed, but not 

 yet collected or identified. 



The nomenclature followed is that of Sclater and Stark's 

 " Birds " ('Fauna of South Africa Series^). 



I have to thank Prof. Roichenow, of the Berlin Museum, 

 and Mr. A. K. Haagner, of the Transvaal Museum, for 

 identifying many doubtful S})ecies, 



