CRITHAGRA ALBOGULARIS. 485 
ear; upper tail-coverts, and the whole of the under plumage, from 
chin to vent, also yellow. Length, 4”; wing, 2” 4’”; tail, 1” 5/’’. 
According to Mr. Andersson, the iris is brown, the upper mandible 
flesh-coloured, the lower mandible and also the legs and toes of a 
dirty flesh colour. 
Fig. Swains. B. of W. Afr. i, pl. 17. 
492. CRITHAGRA FLAVIVENTRIS (Shaw). Yellow-bellied Seed-cater. 
Shaw, the original describer of this species, states that it came 
from the Cape of Good Hope. We know nothing of the species 
ourselves, but Professor Barboza du Bocage records a specimen 
from Huilla, at which place Senor Anchieta met with it. The 
following is the description given by Professor Bocage :— 
Adult male-—Upper parts olive-yellow, of a purer tint on the 
rump, marked on the head and on the back with a brown streak 
in the middle of each feather; forehead, cheeks, superciliary streaks, 
and under surface of body jonquil-yellow, the breast shaded with 
olive ; lores, ear-coverts and a streak forming a moustache, olive ; 
wing-coverts dark brown, broadly bordered with greenish yellow ; 
quills and tail-feathers blackish, bordered externally with yellow ; 
bill pale, the upper mandible reddish brown, rather darker; feet 
reddish brown; iris brown. ‘Total length, 5:25 inches; bill, 0-4; 
wing, 3°05; tail, 2°25; tarsus, 0°7. 
482. CrirHacRA ALBOGULARIS (Smith). White-throated Seed-eater. 
Crithagra selbyi, Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 219. 
This species is called by the colonists ‘ Dic-bec Saysie” and 
“Berg Saysie” ; it is very abundant about Saldana Bay, Colesberg, 
and the Berg River. In the latter place we found them breeding 
in September, constructing a nest like that of C. sulfurata, and 
in similar situations. The eggs were similar, but seemed to be 
a little more pointed. Like all their congeners, they have a very 
sweet song. We are informed by Mr. Rickard that he procured 
several specimens near Port Elizabeth, but it does not seem to 
extend out of the colony, though it has been said by Dr. Hartlaub 
to have occurred in Mr. Monteiro’s Benguela collection. Prof. 
Bocage, however, seems to doubt the correctness of the identifi- 
cation, as he has not given it a place in his work on the birds 
of Angola. 
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