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of the high forest. A male specimen from Bavia has the 

 centre of the breast white, covered with a slight hue of 

 rose-color. 



Iris cherry-brown, bill and feet bluish horn-color. 



Vidua principalis. 



Emheriza principalis^ Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 313. 

 Vidua erythrorhynchus ^ Swains. Birds W. Afr. I. p. 176, 

 pi. 12. 



Vidua principalis, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 136; — F. 

 & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. 428 ; — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 345. 



Hab. The whole of Africa below the Sahara. 



Collected near Robertsport. 



This bird is very common in old farms where grass and 

 brushwood overgrow the former cultivation , and even in 

 the gardens in the centre of villages. After their breeding 

 time they live in large flocks together in the mentioned 

 places where they feed on the seeds of grasses and weeds. 

 Their vivacious manners, especially their flight with the 

 long waving tail are very amusing. The chin in all Li- 

 berian specimens is black. 



Iris brown, bill coral-red, feet brownish gray. 



Penthetria macroura. 



Loxia macroura, Gm. Syst. Nat. I. p. 845. 

 Vidua (Coliostruthus) macroura, Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. 

 p. 137. 



Penthetria macroura, F. & Hartl. Vög. 0. Afr. p. 418; 

 — Boc. Orn. d'Ang. p. 340. 



Hab. The whole of tropical Africa. 



Collected near Robertsport (Grand Cape Mount). 



This species is pretty common in the same locality as 



Vidua principalis, however not keeping together in flocks 



like the latter, but rather alone or in pairs or together 



with their young ones after they have left the nest. Although 



they feed much upon grass seeds , they are very often seen 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. VII. 



