ESTRELDA DUFRESNEI. 469 
Ashy, barred on the hinder parts with white; vent white; ramp 
dull scarlet. Length, 4’’ 9’”; wing, 23’’; tail, 2’’. 
According to Mr. Andersson, the iris is orange-brown, tho legs 
: and toes purplish. 
_ ~*Fig. Vieill. Ois. Chant. pl. 25. 
458, PyrnLIa HARTLAUBI (Bianc.). Hartlaub’s Waxhbill. 
Discovered by Bianconi in Mozambique, and procured by 
Professor Peters at Inhambane. The following description is taken 
from the work on the birds of Hastern Africa by Drs. Finsch and 
Hartlaub. Above dusky green, with the wings brown with a 
greenish margin; breast and abdomen blackish, sprinkled with 
rounded white spots, each feather marked with two spots. 
Fig. Bianconi, Spec. Zool. Mozamb. fase. xviii, taf. 4, fig. 2. 
459, EsrrELpa suBriava (Vieill.). Sanguineous Waxbill. 
Mr. Ayres found a flight of these tiny Finches feeding in some 
cultivated grounds near Maritzburg in July, and they were then the 
first he had seen of the species; he afterwards met with them in 
the Transvaal. 
Above light brown; beneath varied with yellow and orange; 
flanks with transverse brown lines; eyebrows and rump crimson 
tail blackish ; two lateral feathers on each side edged with white. 
Length, 3’’ 3’’"’; wing, 1’’ 8’”. 
Fig. Temm. Pl. Col. 221, fig. 2. 
460. Esrretpa purrEsnel (Vieill.). Dufresne’s Waxbill. 
Heidelberg, Swellendam, and the Kugela are the only places 
whence we have received this pretty species in the western province. 
Mr. Atmore says that it is common at George wherever there is 
cultivation; it is restless in its habits and migratory, appearmg in 
autumn. Mr. Rickard records it from Uitenhage and Hast London, 
and it is also found near Grahamstown. Mr. Ayres has met 
with it in Natal, where, however, he does not consider it a very 
plentiful species, seldom more than eight or ten being seen 
together. He observes :—“ When feeding, they hop about on the 
ground and pick up the ripe grass seeds which have fallen. They 
build a nest somewhat similar to the red-billed species, but instead 
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