the Transvaal Museum Jroni Boror. 45 



appeared to bo in bad plumage, I did not slioot it, tbinkiiig 

 that I should bo able to secure another later on. 



Lagonostica brunneiceps rendallt. Hart. T{. 15 IJ-. 

 (1 M.) Resident. 



I. bright red ; B. dark pink, streaks in culmen, tomia and 

 genys brown ; L. white. Long. 98 ; W. 48*5 ; Tl. 35 ; 

 Ts. 11 J C. l)-5. 



This sj)ecinien is rather brighter-coloured than those from 

 Hector Spuit and the crown contrasts sharply with the 

 e^'ebrows. 



A nest of this species was found in May, but as one of 

 the eggs was very much larger than the others and seemed 

 to be that of Vidua serena, I left them to hatch ; but on 

 again visiting it, I found that the nest had been pulled to 

 pieces and the eggs destroyed. It was a small oven- shaped 

 alhiir made of grass lined with feathers, with a wide entrance 

 at the side, and placed in a small tree at a height of about 

 five feet from the ground. 



Urj^.ginthus angolensis (L.). R. 1529. 

 The Blue-breasted Waxbill was fairly common at Villa 

 Pereira, but no specimens were procured. 



Hypochera funerea (Tarrag.). R. 1536. 



A few males were seen occasionally at Villa Pereira, 

 flying swiftly past over the clearings, but no o})[)ortunity 

 oftered of securing a specimen. 



Vidua SERENA (Linn.). R. 1539. (Ijuv. M.) Resident. 



T. light brown ; B. pink ; L. dark brown. Leng. 121 j 

 W. 00; Tl. 43; Ts. 14; C. 9 5. 



A few were sometimes seen in native gardens. 



I may as well here remark that since writing on the 

 subject of tho breeding-habits of this Widow Bird (ride 

 vol. iii. no. 1, p. 9) I have found a fresh orr;*^, of lh(» same 

 dimensions and colour as those previously mentioned, in the 

 nest and with a hard-sot egg of Coliuspasser ardc/is; this 

 was on the 19th March, 1908, in the Darglo District. Xatal. 



