by Mr. C/mide Grant in South Africa. 223 



The curious piuk tinge ou the under parts, which I have 

 also observed in birds collected by Dr. Stohr north of the 

 Zambesi, is, according to Mr. Grant, due to the stains of 

 fruit juice on which the bird feeds. There is a very 

 similar example in the British Museum from Colesberg, 

 Cape Colony, collected many years ago by Ortlepp. This 

 is referred to H. cahanisi by Dr. Finsch, but I doubt if the 

 true H. cabanisi goes so far south. But the females and 

 winter males of this group are notoriously difficult to 

 distinguish. 



[ Shelley ^s Weaver was only found in the North-Eastern 

 Transvaal and the Tete district of the Portuguese country. 

 It was quite common in both localities, and frequented the 

 lands in fair numbers, feeding on the grain. It also feeds 

 to some extent on wild fruit, and the feathers of the under 

 parts are often stained with the juice, especially with that 

 of the "Num-num.'^ In habits and call it resembles the 

 other members of the genus. 



The soft parts are : — Irides pale yellow ; bill, legs and 

 toes horn-brown.] 



29. Hyphantornis xanthops. 



Hyphantornis janiesoni Stark & Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. i. p. 65. 



Tv. Woodbush, Dec. (2) ; P. Coguuo, June (1) ; Tam- 

 barara, Apl. (1). 



An adult male (Woodbush, Dec. 29) exactly matches the 

 type of //. xanthops from Angola and other examples from 

 Nyasaland. iJ.y«?we^OMi, described from a specimen taken by 

 J. S. Jameson on the Umvuli River, differs from H. xanthops 

 in having only the forehead instead of the whole crown 

 golden. It was shot m September, and is probably a bird 

 which has hardly yet assumed its full breeding dress. 



30. SiTAGRA OCULARIA. 



N. lUovo, Nov. (3) ; Z. Jususie Valley, Dec. (1); 

 Umfolosi Station, Sept. (1) ; P. Coguno, July (1) ; Beira, 

 Nov. (3) ; Tambarara, Apl. (2). 



One nest with two young (in spirit), taken at Ilfovo ou 

 November I9th. 



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