by Mr. Claude Grant iii South Africa. 349 



eyebrow, white lores^ a white spot in tlie ear-coverts, and a 

 Avhite throat slig])tly spotted with brown ; while tlie female 

 of A. alario has no white on the head, throat, or ear-coverts, 

 all of which are dusky brown. 



I think, therefore, there can be no question of the 

 distinctness of the two species, though A. alario extends as 

 far west as Klipfontein and A. leucoleema as far east as 

 Deelfontein. 



I This bird was fairly plentiful in Xauiaqualand. It was 

 found in flocks and frequented liomestcads and cultivated 

 lands, feeding largely on the fallen grain, or at other times 

 on various seeds. The males often indulge in a sweet little 

 song and when feeding are continually calling. 



The soft parts are : — Irides dark hazel ; bill horn-brown ; 

 legs and toes brown.] 



101. EmBEKIZ.V rLAVIVENTRIS. 



Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug., Sept. (8) ; Woodbush, 

 Jan.. May (3) ; Legogot, Apl. (1) ; P. Coguuo, Aug. (2). 



[This Bunting was only noted from the East and Korth- 

 h'astern Transvaal and the Inhambane district of Portuguese 

 Ea.>t Africa. I have always observed it singly or in pairs. It 

 spends the greater part of its time on the ground searcliing 

 for and feeding on vai'ious seeds ; when disturbed it perches 

 on a bush or low bough of a ti'ce, and is usually tame and 

 easily shot. Its call is " sissi-sissi see,''-' but is not often 

 heard. The flight is quick and jerky, but never sustained. 



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

 dark horn-brown, lower fleshy ; legs and toes fleshy-brown.] 



10.2. Emberiza major. 



P. Tambarara, Mch., Apl. (3). 



Shelley does not recognise E. orientalis as distinct from 

 E. major, and this widely spread tropical Bunting should be 

 known vmder the latter and older name. It is a rare bird 

 in South Africa, and there is only one examjjle thence in the 

 British Museum — a skin collected on the Hunyani River in 

 Mashonuland bv G. A K. Marshall. 



