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mountain ranges), the Knysna district, Zululantl, and the 

 South-Eastern, Eastern, and North-Eastern Transvaal. It 

 is found in flocks in the winter and in pairs and flocks in the 

 breeding-season, and spends the greater part of its time on 

 the ground, in native lands^ footpaths, and cut roads, feeding 

 largely upon grass-seeds. 



The soft parts are : — 



Ad. Irides red ; bill coral ; legs and toes very dark horn- 

 coloured. 



Jtiv. Irides pale red ; bill black, bluish white at gape ; 

 legs and toes horny.] 



52 a. ESTRILDA ASTRILDA CAVENDISHI. 



P. Masambeti, Oct. (2); Beira, Dec. (1). 



These Rooibeckjes are distinctly smaller and darker than 

 those from the Cape and Transvaal, and agree very well with 

 Sharpens type of Estrilda cavendishi from the Cheringoma 

 district of Mozamhique. 



54. Estrilda incana. 



N. Illovo, Nov. (1) ; P. Coguno, Aug. (1) ; Beira, Feb. 

 (2). 



['^Simbasib^' of Ntebis. 



The Grey Waxbill was found in Natal and the Inhambane 

 and Beira districts of the Portuguese country. It is an 

 uncommon species, and I have only observed a pair in each 

 locality in which I have found it. It has much the habits of 

 the other Waxbills. 



The pair at Beira were breeding, but unfortunately I did 

 not discover the half-finished nest till after I had shot them. 

 It was placed in the upper branches of a bush on the banks 

 of a wooded water-course, and was more or less dome-shaped, 

 and composed of bents. 



The soft parts are : — Irides red or crimson ; bill slaty- 

 blue or pale slate-coloured, darker at tip ; legs and toes 

 black or very dark slate-coloured.] 



55. Estrilda axgolensis. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug. (11); P. Tete, Sept. (1). 

 [This little Waxbill was only noted from the low country 



