the Transvaal Museum from Boror. 43 



grass and took a clutch of throe partly incubated eggs on 

 IHli May. The nests wore similar to those of P. ori.v, as are 

 also the ooos, which measure li'-i-l-l'O X 18*7-10. 



EUPLECTES XANTHOMELAS, liiij)]). R. 1428. (2 ]\I.) 



Resident. 



I. dark brown ; B. max. black, mand. white. L. ashy 

 brown. Leng. 142-148 ; W. G7-70 ; Tl. 53-55 ; Ts. 18-19 ; 

 C. 13-14. 



These are considerably smaller than specimens from the 

 N. Transvaal and should perhaps be referred to a ditlerent 

 subspecies. 



These Bishop Birds were not uncommon in native gardens, 

 nsuallv rising when disturbed from the grass to the top of a 

 tree close at hand. A nest with young was found at Villa 

 Pereira on 2t»th May ; it was of the usual type constructed 

 by this genus and placed amongst some matted weeds and 

 tall grass in an overgrown clearing. 



Urobrachya axillaris (A. Sm.). R. 1429. 

 A few males were noticed flitting over the rank grass in 

 the open stretches between Mixixine and Malinguine. 



Spermestes NiGRiCEPS, Cass. R. 1451. (1 F.) 

 I. umber ; B. horn-blue, inclining to cobalt in })arts ; 

 L. dark brown. Leng. 100 ; W. 47 ; TI. 34 ; Ts. 11 ; 

 C. 9-5. 



Nundjers of nests were to be seen in bushes and trees 

 around homesteads in the marsh region generally and in 

 Quelimane, and during April and May several clutches of 

 from four to six efj-i^s were taken. The nests were lar<re 

 structures of <>rass, stiff stems converiiinff over and hidiiii'- 

 the entrance, and the interior warmly lined with fcatlicrs 

 and soft feathery grass-tops. The eggs are white and 

 measure 13-7-15'2 X 10-3-10-G. 



IIVPARGOS NIYEOGlTTATrS (Ptrs.). R. 1455. (2 i\I.) 

 Resident. 



1. light bi-own ; B. dark cobalt ; L. slate-brown ; eyelids 

 cobalt. Leng. 127 ; W. 5t; ; Tl. 51 ; Ts. 15; ('. 13. 



