176 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



211. Pytelia melba (Linn.). Southern Bed-faced Finch. 



Fringilla elegans, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pi. 25. 



Pytelia melba, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 1852, 



p. 150. 



Estrelda melba, Layard's Cat. No. 392. 

 Pytelia melba, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 402. 

 Sharpe's Cat. No. 632. 



This Finch is found sparingly in Damara and Great 

 Namaqua Land, and usually occurs in pairs ; its favourite 

 resort is low bush and old abandoned village fences, 

 whence the Damaras call it the " Kraal bird." Its food 

 consists of seed and insects. 



The iris is orange-brown, the legs and toes purplish. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



212. Lagonosticta minima (Vieill.). Amadavat Finch. 



Fringilla minima, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pi. 10. 



Estrelda minima, Layard's Cat. No. 387. 



Pytelia minima, Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 444. 



Lag&nosticta minima, Sharpe's Cat. No. 631. 



I never saw but one individual of this diminutive 

 Finch a male obtained at Ondonga, Nov. 25th, 1866. 

 Measurements of this specimen : 



in. lin. 



Entire length 41 



Length of folded wing 1 11 



tarsus 05 



middle toe 05 



tail 16 



bill 4 



