LAGONOSTICTA JAMESONI 253 
Immature male. Differs from the last in having the forehead, crown and 
sides of the head washed with crimson, and the under parts tawny brown, 
mottled with a wash of rosy crimson, strongest on the chin and throat, 
under tail-coverts entirely jet black. ¢, juv., 20. 9. 98. Chiringoma 
(Cavendish). 
Jameson's Fire-finch ranges over Hastern Africa between 
25° S. lat. and the Equator. 
In the British Museum there is a pair from Rustenberg, 
collected November 3, 1882, and presented by Mrs. Jameson, 
the types discovered by her husband at the Tatin and Umfuli 
Rivers, an immature male from the Chiringoma district in 
Portuguese South Africa, and a full plumaged male from 
Kibwezi in about 2° 30’ S. lat., which is the most northern 
range known for the species. 
Mr. T. Ayres, who accompanied the Jameson Expedition in 
1882, wrote: ‘‘ We met with but very few of these Finches; 
near the Umfuli we found them amongst the rough cover on 
the banks of the river, feeding on grass-seeds, and at atin 
they were always in pairs.” Matabele name, ‘ Tuitjustjui.” 
Mr. Guy Marshall, in November, 1897, found “a few flocks 
along the river and among the granite kopjes close to Salis- 
bury, but they disappeared shortly afterwards. In general 
habits they resembled the Common Waxbill.” 
Mr. Boyd Alexander met with the species at the Zambesi 
and writes: ‘‘ ‘Though observed on several occasions, especially 
at Zumbo, we only managed to obtain a single specimen near 
the Kafue River on January 12, out of a pair that frequented 
long grass close to the bank. In life they are easily to be 
distinguished from their close congener, L. brunneiceps, by 
their larger size and stouter tails, while they generally keep 
apart from the latter species and go in pairs.” 
From further north I find it recorded by Dr. Reichenow 
from Mombasa Island, and Mr. Jackson procured a specimen 
at Kibwezi in Ukamba. 
