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*80. Pyromelana taha (Smith). 



Sharpo, Birds S. Afr. p. 465. 



Eupledes taha, Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 338. 



Adult male. Iris dark brown , bill black , lower mandible 

 flesh-color, feet flesh-color. 



*81. P y till a me lb a (Linn.). 



Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 468; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 355. 



An adult and an immature male , the latter like the 

 adult male, but no scarlet on head and throat, which are 

 uniform gray; chest uniform with the breast, instead of 

 golden green. Iris and bill in both specimens red, feet 

 flesh-color. 



*82. Passer d iffu sus, Smith. 

 Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 480; — Boo. Orn. d'Ang. p. 364. 



Two males. Iris dark brown , bill black , feet horny. 



*83. F r ing ill ar ia flaviv e ntris ( Vieill.). 

 Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 491; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 370. 



An adult male. Iris dark brown , bill and feet horny. 



*84. Mirafra apiata (Vieill.). 

 Sharpe, Birds S. Afr. p. 515; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 375. 

 An adult male. Iris brown, bill and feet horny. 



*85. Mirafra cheniana, Smith. 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 644; id. Birds S. Afr. p. 528. 



An adult female. Three outermost pairs of' tail-feathers 

 white , inner web broadly margined with earthy brown ; in 

 the subsequent pair the whole outer web only is pure white, 

 and the feathers of the third pair are but narrowly edged 

 with white on the outer web. Iris brown , bill horn-color, 

 feet flesh-color. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol XI. 



