848 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
“ Adult male.—Head, neck, and front of the chest yellow, or rather 
strongly marked with yellow, the ground colour of the crown and 
back of the neck being ashy, and of the throat, ear-coverts and 
chest white; the forehead is margined with blackish brown, 
gradually shading into yellow, this dark stripe extending back- 
wards to above the centre of the eye; back uniform ashy brown, 
with the mantle slightly washed with yellow; wings and tail 
brown, the wing-coverts and inner secondaries edged with buffish 
yellow, the remainder of the quills and tail-feathers edged with 
bright yellow ; under parts white, shading into yellow on the throat 
and front of the chest; under surface of the wings brown, with the 
inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter 
slightly mottled with ashy brown and yellow. Total length inthe 
skin, 5:2 inches; culmen, 0°65; wing, 3:1; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0°75.” 
Fig. Shelley, Ibis, 1882, pl. vii, fig. 2. 
Page 447. PLOCHPASSER MAHALI. 
I met with a small colony of these birds in a valley of thorn trees 
several miles south of the Orange River when coming down from 
the border in May, 1882. I have never seen them south of - 
Bamangwato before (Bradshaw). 
Page 449. AMBLYOSPIZA ALBIFRONS. 
Near Newcastle in December, obtained by Lieutenant Giffard (B., F., 
and R.). 
Page 449. PHiLermrvs socivs. 
‘In central South Africa from the Orange River to 24° S. Lat. (Holub). 
Very common on the Orange River, building their enormous nests in 
the Kameel Thorn trees. They extend some distance into the 
Colony. Not found on the Zambesi (Bradshaw). 
Page 451. SporoPires sQUAMIFRONS. 
Vaal River; and three miles from Potchefstroom (Ayres). 
Very common on the Orange River; also plentiful at the Tati River 
(Bradshaw). 
Page 452. VipUA VERREAUXI. 
Here and there in Central South Africa from 28° S. Lat. northwards: 
West Matabele Land and Makalaka country (Holub). 
Page 453. Vuipua RuEaia. 
Vaal River, northwards to the Zambesi (Holub). 
Page 453. V1IDUA PRINCIPALIS. 
Very abundant all oyer Natal (B., F’., and R.). 
