A484 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
480, Crrirtadra andotensts (Gmel.) Black-throated Secd-eater. 
Sir Andrew Smith states that this species was found by him 
about and beyond Kurrichaine, and it was procured by Mr. Frank 
Oates at the first Makalaka Kraal, on the Zambesi road, in August. 
We havo also seen specimens from Damara Land. Mr. Andersson 
writes: “TI have met with this species both in Damara Land and 
further northward ; it congregates in large flocks, and often associates 
with O. chrysopyga.” Tt has been also found further to the north- 
ward on the West Coast, having been procured by Dr. Falkenstein 
in Chinchonxo in the Congo district. 
Above grey-brown, the centre of the feathers dark brown; rump 
sulphur-yellow; chin and throat black; breast, belly, and vent, 
rusty white; wings brown, the tips of the quills and the inner edges 
of inner vanes, towards bases, white; the outer edges golden-green ; 
tail slightly forked, dark brown, with the tips, and more or less of 
the inner vanes, white. Length, 4}’’. 
Fig. Edwards, Birds, pl. 129. 
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481. Onrrrmaara rornra (Vietll.) Golden-rumped Seed-eater, | 
Orithagra chrysopyga, Swains.: Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 219. . 
Mr. Ortlepp has sent us specimens of this bird in breeding — 
plumage from Colesberg; he says that it sings sweetly. Mr. T. C, : 
Atmoro likewise procured it near Eland’s Post and Grahamstown. j 
Mr. Ayres, writing from the Transvaal, states that he met with 
a small company of five individuals amongst the low thorns in the — 
Mariqua district. Mr. lrank Oates procured a specimen at Tati, 
and Mr. Jameson occasionally met with it in small flocks during his ; 
expedition to the Mashoona country. Mr. Andersson writes :— 
“This species is common in the neighbourhood of the Okavango, } 
and is also found in Damara Land, extending to the south of that — 
country. On January 5th, 1867, I found a nest of this Finch at — 
Omapju; it was situated in a kamel-thorn bush, about four foot 
above the ground, and was composed of grass, lined with softer 7 
grass internally ; it contained three eggs much incubated.” Senor 
Anchieta has it from Biballa and Caconda; it is called Kabilo at the 
latter place and Kianja at the former. 
Upper plumage, including the crown, ears, wings, and tail, olive- 
grey, with a dark stripe down each feather ; a broad stripe of bright 
yellow is above each eye, meeting on the front; another below the 
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