Oi"nitho1o(fii of the Gmnhia. 221 



COLIOSTRUTHUS MACRURUS, 



Uncommon, 



Amadina fasciata. 



This little '^Cut-throat" I found had a pretty unassumiug 

 little song, if kept in a separate cage. 



Lagonosticta senegala. 



estrelda c.erulescens, 



Have had many of tliese iu ea|)tivity. 



EsTRELDA CINEREA. 

 EsTRELDA SENEGALA. 



Common; specially noted in flocks. 



EsTRELDA MARIPOSA. 



1 took one nest of this bird in loug grass; the n(;st was a 

 slight structure, and contained seven white eggs. 



Spermestes cucullatus. 



A nest of this bird I took on 21st April, 1889; it contained 

 four eggs of a pure white colour. 



MUNIA topela. 



A pendent nest, with three white eggs of this species, was 

 taken from a small tree, 8 feet from the ground ; the open- 

 ing was in the side. 



Munia cantans. 

 Only two obtained. 



Hypochera chalybeata. 



A couple on 13(h September, 1889. 



Galerida cristata. 

 A single specimen shot. 



LaMPROTORNIS yENEA. 



One on 30th September, 1889. 



Lamprocolius aurata. 



The native hunters shoot and skin these birds in large 

 num])ers, and sell them to the French firms trading on the 



