collected in North Nijasahind. 529 



the back and rump similar in colour, brown mottled with 

 dusky centres to the feathers- 



a. With no white frontal patch. 



a'. Abroad eyebrow and the throat y«llow ; sides of 



head uniform dark olive-brown ^_ tvhitii 



b'. Head streaked with white ; throat white S. driohttis. 



b. With a white frontal pat^ h g burt.oni 



and S. albifrons. 



22. Vidua paradisea. 



Vidua paradisea (Linn.); Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 23, no.31G. 

 Steganura paradisea, Shelley, Ibis, 1894, pp. 21, 471. 

 Songue, in North Nyasa, July. Three young birds. 



23. Urobrachya axillaris. 



Urobrachya axillaris, Smith; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 24, 

 no. 328; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 471. 



Kota-Kota, on Lake Nyasa, June. One male in full 

 plumage. 



24. QUELEA QUELEA. 



Quelea quelea (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 25, no. 350; 

 Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 257, pi. x. fig. 3 (head of male); id. 

 B. S. Afr. p. 458. 



Nyika Plateau and Karonga, July. Two specimens exactly 

 similar, with no black on the head. One is, I consider, 

 incorrectly labelled male. 



25. Cryptospiza australis. 



Cryptospiza australis, Shelley, Ibis, 1896, p. 184. 

 Cryptospiza reichenowi (nee Hartl.), Shelley, Ibis, 1893, 

 p. 26, 1894, p. 471. 



Kombi, Masuku Range, 7000 ft., July. One adult female. 



26. Spermestrs scutatus. 



Spermestes scutatus (Heugl.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 28, 

 no. 382; id. Ibis, 1894, p. 21. 



Nyika Plateau. An adult male and a young bird. 



27. Spermestes nigriceps. 



Spermestes nigriceps, Cass.; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 28, 

 no. 383 ; Sharpe, Cat. xiii. p. 263 ; Reichen. Vog. Deutsch- 

 Ost-Afr. p. 184. 



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