URMGINTHUS CYANOGASTER. 473 
green; an orange mark in front of the eye; body spotted with 
white dots, surrounded with black. Length, 3’’ 2’’’; wing, 1’’ 9” ; 
tail, 1’’ 2’”. 
464, EstrrnpA ErytHronota (Vieill.). Black-cheeked Waxbill. 
Found by Sir Andrew Smith inhabiting the country to the north 
and east of Kurrichane. Mr. Ayres has only found the species 
on the Limpopo, in companies among the low scrub which abounds 
there in some parts. Mr. Oates procured it at Tati. Mr. Andersson 
writes :—“ This species is generally distributed over Damara and 
Great Namaqua Land, and is also found at Lake N’gami. It 
resembles its congeners in manners and habits.” 
Top of head, neck, and interscapulars tinted with crimson ; back, 
rump, and upper tail-coverts crimson; hinder part of breast and 
belly dull crimson ; sides of head, chin, under tail-coverts, and tail 
black; quills ashy brown; wing-coverts and scapulars grey, closely 
banded with brown. Length, 4’’ 6’’’. 
The iris is bright wine-coloured red; the legs and toes black, 
as is also the bill, except near the base, where it is whitish-blue ” 
(Andersson). 
Fig. Vieill. Ois. Chant. pl. 14. 
465. Urmcintuus cyanogaster (Daud.).  Blue-breasted Waxbill. 
Estrelda benghala, Layard, B, 8. Afr. p. 199. 
We consider that the southern bird is distinct from U. pheenicotis, 
Swainson, inasmuch as we have never seen the male with the con- 
spicuous red spot on the ears which is always seen in the species 
from Western and North-eastern Africa, 
The present species was procured by Sir Andrew Smith between 
Kurrichane and the tropic of Capricorn. Mr. F. A. Barratt shot 
it near Rustenberg, and Mr. Ayres has procured it from the Limpopo; 
he likewise found it in some numbers among the bush on the banks 
of the Tugela in Natal. Mr. Buckley met with it in the Transvaal 
and the Matabele country ; and the late Mr. Frank Oates collected 
several specimens at Tati. Further north it appears to be common, 
for Mr. Ayres says that during Mr. Jameson’s expedition they 
found it one of the most plentiful of the small Finches, and very 
widely distributed. Mr, Andersson has the following note :—“ This 
