350 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds 



98. Amadina erythrocephala. 



Amadina erythrocephala (Linn.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, 

 pp. 467, 849 (1875-84) ; id. Cat. B. xiii. p. 290 (1890) ; 

 Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 118 (1900). 



a, b. S ad. Deelfontein, May 15, 1903. 



c-e. $ ad. et imm. ; f-h. $ ad. et imm. Deelfontein, 

 July 3, 1903. 



Young males resemble the old females, but have more of 

 a ruddy tinge on the head, and the white tips to the wing- 

 feathers are larger, with a more distinct subterminal line of 

 black. The sides of the face and upper throat are dull brick- 

 red, and the bars on the breast are thickly distributed right 

 up to the red colour on the throat, with no intervening shade 

 of ashy on the lower throat. 



[Very local and by no means plentiful. It generally 

 occupies an old Sparrow's nest which it re-lines. We often 

 used to catch the birds at night by placing a hand over the 

 entrance of the nest. The eggs were generally three in 

 number.] 



99. Serinus flaviventris. 



Crithagra flaviventris (Sw.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 485 

 (1875-84). 



Crithagra butyracea Sharpe, ed. Layard, pp. 487, 850 

 (1875-84j. 



Serinus flaviventris (Sw.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. xii. p. 353 

 (1887); Stark, Faun. S. Afr., Birds, i. p. 170 (1900); 

 Shelley, B. Afr. iii. p. 199 (1902). 



a. £ imm. Deelfontein, March 5, 1902. 



b. 3 ad. „ March 10, 1902. 



c. S imm. „ April 30, 1902. 



d. S ad. „ May 23, 1902. 

 <?,/.<?? ad. „ June 14, 1902. 



g> h. $ ad. ; i,k. ? ad. Deelfontein, Aug. 7, 1902. 



1. ? ad. Deelfontein, Nov. 4, 1902. 



Young males in their first full yellow plumage are rather 

 smaller than the adult birds, and may be easily recognised 

 by the dusky streaks on the chest aud flanks. These 



