246 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 



90. Serinus flaviventris. 



CC. Klipfontein, Apl., May, June (5) ; Port NoUotli, 

 July (1); Durban Road, Mcli., Sept. (3). 



One nest with three eggs taken at Durban Road, Sept. 

 22nd. 



[This Canary was only noted from Namaquahaud and the 

 (Jape Peninsula. In the former locality it was in small 

 flocks, as it was the winter season, but in the latter locality 

 it was breeding and occurred in pairs. 



I found the nest on Sept. 22nd at the Cape; this was 

 composed of twigs of a wild sage and lined with the down 

 of a cotton-plant. It was placed some two feet from the 

 ground in the middle of a bush. It contained three eggs, 

 which were apparently the full clutch, and both the old 

 birds were secured. In habits and call this Canary much 

 resembles S. camcollis ; and it has a sweet and prolonged 

 song, in many ways equal to that o£ the Cape Canary. 



The soft parts are : — Iridcs hazel ; bill, upper mandible 

 ])ale horn-brown, lower much paler and often yellowish ; 

 legs and toes darkish to dark brown.] 



93. Sehinus icterus. 



Z. Jususie Valley, Dec. (4) ; Umfolosi Station, July (2); 

 Illuhluwe Stream, Aug. (1); Ngoye Hills, Oct. (2): Tv. 

 Legogot, May (1) ; Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (3) ; P. 

 Tamliarara, Apl., May, June, July (4). 



[" Umtuquani" of Zulus. 



This little Canary was noted from Zululand, the Eastern 

 and North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Gorongoza district 

 of the Portuguese country. It appears to be confined, 

 more or less, to the lower " bush veld,'^ and was nowhere 

 observed iu the "high veld ^^ proper. It is found in 

 small flocks in the winter season and in pairs during the 

 summer, but I have not succeeded in taking the eggs. It 

 frequents, to a great extent, old and cultivated land and 

 gardens, feeding principally upon grass-seeds and (\v\ fruit, 

 especially the " Num-num," the juice of which often stains 

 the plumage of the throat and breast {vide $ 20 Sept. '05, 

 Klein Letaba). 



