Binh of the Kaffmrian I'rontler. 0P» 



Victoria East District. Nests usually suspended over water. 

 Eggs four in number and deep blue in colour. 



18. Sycobeotus bicolor. (Black-headed Weaver Bird.) 

 Not uncommon in forest regions. Nests retort-shaped and 



eggs two or three in number. 



19. Amblyospiza ALBiFRONS. (Thick-billed Weaver Bird.) 

 Uncommon near Kingwilliamstown, but becomes somewhat 



plentiful in the Stutterheim District and along the Great Kei. 



20. Lagonosticta rubricata. (South African Ruddy 

 WaxbiU.) 



Common. Eggs, from two to five in number, are pure 

 white. 



21. EsTRiLDA ASTRILDA. (Common Waxbill.) 

 Common. Eggs white and often seven or eight in number. 



22. Estrilda dufresnii. (Dufresne's Waxbill.) 

 Common. 



23. Ortygospiza polyzona. (Bar -breasted Weaver 

 Finch.) 



Not uncommon. Shot specimens at Breidbach, 5th Sep- 

 tember, 1908. 



24. Amadina erythrocephala. (Red-headed Weaver 

 Finch.) 



Fairly plentiful at times. Specimens shot at King- 

 williamstown 2Gth May, 1908, 20th October, 1908, and 21st 

 November, 1908. 



2.5. Pyromelana oryx. (Red Bishop Bird.) 

 At times fairly plentiful. Shot specimens on Yellow- 

 Woods River, Kaffraria, 24th October, 1908. 



20. Pyromelana capensis. (Black-and-Yellow Bishop 

 Bird.) 



Fairly common on Yellow Woods River. Shot specimens 

 10th October, 1908. 



