PYRENESTES MINOR 287 
yellowish brown marks and clear reddish brown spots, and 
measuring 0°8 X 0°56. 
Pyrenestes minor. (Pl. 35, fig. 1.) 
Pyrenestes minor, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, p. 20 Zomba, Milanji; id. B. Afr. 
I. No. 358 (1896) ; Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 107 (1904). 
Type. General plumage earthy brown ; wings rather darker; centre of 
breast slightly washed with buff; forehead, sides of head, chin, upper throat 
and the upper tail-coverts bright crimson ; upper surface of the tail strongly 
washed with crimson; under wing-coverts brown with buff edges. Bill 
glossy blue black; tarsi and feet brown. Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0:4, 
wing 2°3, tail 2-2, tarsus 0'7. ¢, 8.92. Milanji Plain (A. Whyte). 
The Lesser Notch-billed Weaver inhabits the country 
between the Shiré River and Lake Shirwa. 
It is known at present only by the two specimens obtained 
by Mr. Alexander Whyte at Zomba and on Mount Milanji, 
between 15° and 16° §. lat. 
