228 Mr. W. L. Sclater 07i Birds collected 



The soft parts are : — 



(J . Trirles rich brown ; bill rich red, culmen dusky ; legs 

 and toes pale brown. 



? . Irides hazel ; bill brown tinged with red ; legs and 

 toes pale brown.] 



Pytelia afra. 



Reichnw. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 162 ; C. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxi. 1908, p. 66. 



P. Tambarara, June (1). 



This is the first example of this species taken south of the 

 Zambesi ; it is not uncommon in Nyasaland and Angola. 



[Only one specimen of this species was seen, and this was 

 shot in thick forest at the edge of a cut road. I at first 

 mistook it for P. melba, to which species it bears a strong 

 resemblance in life. 



The vSoft parts are : — Irides rich brown ; bill dark red ; 

 legs and toes pale brown.] 



47. Lagonosticta rubricata. 



Tv. Legogot, May (1); Z. Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1), 

 Jususie Valley, Nov., Dec. (3). 



[" Ncubu-" of Zulus. This little Waxbill was found only 

 in Zululand and the Eastern Transvaal. It goes about in 

 small parties and frequents footpaths and clearings near 

 bush, feeding principally on seeds of various grasses. When 

 feeding it constantly utters a low ^'zeep,^' and is tame and 

 fearless. 



The soft parts are : — Irides hazel ; bill slate-coloured ; 

 legs and toes dark brown.] 



48. Lagonosticta jamesoni. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (5). 



Young birds are olive-brown above with a little patch of 

 pink on the lores only, below they are paler olive-brown, but 

 without any pink wash at first. 



[Jameson's Waxbill was only taken in the " low veld " of 

 the North-Eastern Transvaal, where it occurred in small 

 flocks. In action, call, and habits it resembles L. rwinca/a. 



