180 BIRDS OF DAM AE A LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female, 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 4 10 47 



Length of folded wing ..22 22 



tarsus ....07 07 



tail 20 1 11 



bill 04 04 



[Mariposa cyanogastra is the southern form of the equatorial 

 M. phvenicotis, from which, according to the testimony of M. 

 Jules Verreaux, it is always distinguished by the absence of the 

 purple ear-coverts in the male bird. The southern race, I 

 believe, has not been figured. ED.] 



217. Urseginthus granatinus (Linn.). Grenadin Finch. 



Fringilla granatina, Vieillot's Ois. Chant, pis. 17 & 18. 

 Estrclda granatina, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 150. 



Hartlaub's Orn. Westafrica's, No. 438. 



Layard's Cat. No. 394. 



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



Sharpe's Cat. No. 618. 



This species is not uncommon in Damara Land, but 

 is more abundant further north, and also at Lake 

 Ngami. It congregates in small flocks, and feeds on 

 little seeds, which it seeks upon the ground. 



The iris is red ; and the naked ring round the eye is 

 usually red also, but sometimes of a greyish drab ; the 

 bill purplish, but red at the extremity ; the legs are 

 purplish grey. 



Measurements of a male and a female : 



Male. Female. 



in. lin. in. lin. 



Entire length 5 11 57 



Length of folded wing ...24.. ...21 



tarsus 07 07 



middle toe 05 05 



tail 3 2 ..... 2 9 



bill 05, ..05 



