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Megalotis australis. Head above black-brown ; interscapulars 

 and back ferruginous dashed with dark brown; beneath black; 

 quills and tail black-brown, the two centre feathers of the 

 latter edged and tipt with light rufous. Length 4J inches. 

 Inhabits the country along the Orange River, but extends 

 farther south than the last described. 



It is possible that both this and the last species may have been 

 named and described, though I have not been successful in detecting 

 them. Another species, (belonging to this interesting Genus), the 

 Fringilla otoleucus, of Temminck, known to inhabit Senegal, was 

 discovered immediately beyond Kurrichaine, but only a very few 

 specimens could be procured. 



Genus LINARIA. Auct. 



Linaria gularis. Top of head dark brown, feathers edged with 

 white ; eyebrows white ; neck and upper parts grey-brown, 

 clouded with darker tints ; chin pure white ; breast pale grey- 

 brown; belly tawny white, darkish on the sides; quills and tail 

 brown,thefeathersedgedwithgreenishwhite.Length5Jinches. 

 Inhabits the colony and country as far as Latakoo rare. 



Linaria atrogularis. Above grey-brown, the centres of 

 feathers dark brown ; rump sulphur yellow ; chin and 

 throat black ; breast, belly, and vent, rusty white ; wings 

 brown, the tips of the quills and the inner edges of inner 

 vanes towards bases white, the outer edges golden green ; 

 tail slightly forked, dark brown, with the tips and more or 

 less of the inner vanes of feathers white. Length 4J 

 inches. Inhabits the country about and beyond Kurrichaine. 



Genus ESTRELDA, Sw. 



Estrelda Lipiniana. Top of head, neck, and interscapulars, 

 tinted with crimson ; back, rump, and upper tail coverts, 

 crimson ; hinder part of breast and belly dull crimson ; 

 sides of head, chin, under tail coverts, and tail, black ; quills 

 ashy brown; wing coverts and scapulars grey, closely 

 banded with brown. Length 4J inches. Inhabits the 

 country to the north and east of Kurrichaine. 



Estrelda Squamifrons. Top of head, wing coverts, and tail, 

 black, each feather margined with white ; neck and back 

 rusty grey ; before eye a black spot ; chin black, continued 

 behind into two divergent stripes ; under parts dull white. 

 Length 4 inches. Inhabits South Africa. 



I feel considerable hesitation in assuming this bird to be yet 

 undescribed, it being not very uncommon in the more remote parts 

 of the colony. I am not, however, able to identify it with any species 

 mentioned in the translation of the Animal Kingdom it certainly 

 cannot be Fringilla frontalis, of Vieillot. The character of its bill, 

 in particular, removes it from the typical species of the genus, and 

 this, in conjunction with other peculiarities, may point out for it a 

 more appropriate position. 



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