176 Mr. G. C. Shortridge on Birds from 



Very common and gregarious, frequenting the reeds on 

 the rivers during the winter. 



9. Hyphantorxis subaukects Smith ; Stark, i. p. 63. 



■22.1 1.01. J. Ins red; legs flesh-coloured ; bill 

 Llack. In the stomach, mealies and seeds. 

 - 22.11.01. 2. Iris hazel : bill flesh-coloured, upper 

 mandible tipped with black. 

 2 ! . '~>2. Iris hazel ; bill and legs light "brown. 

 &&02. J . Iris orange-red. 

 This is a fairly plentiful resident, which is more or less 

 gregarious and nests among the reeds on the banks of the 

 rivers. The female has not been correctly described by Stark. 

 It is entirely of a dull greenish yellow, except on the breast, 

 which in some cases is almost as bright yellow as in the 

 male. In the female the back is streaked with dusky brown ; 

 in the male the back is bright greenish yellow and the crown 

 bright yellow. 



10. Sitagra octlaria i Smith) ; Stark, i. p. G6. 

 20.4.02. I. Iris reddish white; bill black; legs 



light slaty blue. In the stomach, in? 



Fairly plentiful, taking the place of Si/Cobrotus licolor in 

 the scrubby bush-country ; resident and still more plentiful 

 during the breeding- season. The nest and eggs of this bird 

 were obtained. 



11. Sitagra capexsis caffra (Lk I ' Stark, i. p. 70. 



(1) 11.1.02. 1. Iris red; bill dark slate-coloured ; legs 



flesh-coloured. In the stomach, inse*: I - . 

 I 6.11.02. >. Bill slaty black. In the stomach, 

 coleoptera. 

 This Weaver-bird seemed to be fairly plentiful. The 

 first specimen was shot in company with a small flock 

 of Hyphantornis spilonotus. The second was obtained in 

 mimosa-scrub during the nesting-season, when the birds 

 were observed in pairs. 



12. SvcoBROTrs bicolor " S I ark, i. p. 72. 



(1) 20.11.01. ?. Iris brown; bill slaty blue; legs 

 light slatv blue. In the stomach, ins- 



