370 Mr. ^y. Ji. Ogilvic-Grant on 



tlie manner o£ a Woodpecker on a tree, and when disturbed 

 fly off to the nearest tree. I have never seen tliese birds on 

 the gronnd, and tlie only note I have ever heard them utter 

 is a low squeak or wliistle. 



Vidua regia (Linn.). 



Vidua regia Stark, i. p. 148. 



a. S ' Molopo River, 3000 ft., 8th April. (G. L.) 



I). $ imm. Okwa, 3000 ft., Gth June. (No. 45, /?. B. W.) 



c. S innn. Ngami, 2700 ft., 7th July. (No. 548, G. L.) 



($ ad. Iris liazcl ; bill and feet scarlet. 



(^ imm. Iris liazel ; bill and feet brown. 



? imm. Iris brown ; bill pinkish horn-coloured ; feet dark 

 reddish-brown. 



The beautiful little Sliaft-tailed "Widow-bird was almost 

 always to be seen in the Kalahari around the water-holes, 

 but was never found far from water. It is an extremely 

 lively bird, and the males may coustantly be seen chasing 

 each another. During the winter months it is met with in 

 small flocks. 



QUELEA QUELEA (LiuU.). 



Quelea quelea Stark, i. p. 12.2. 



a. S ■ Lake Ngami, 2700 ft., 5th July. (No. 543, G'. L.) 



Iris hazel ; bill pink; feet brown. 



During tl:e winter months the inimber of I'ed-billcd 

 Weaver-Finches in Ngamiland is quite incredible. They 

 assemble in enormous flocks, and spend the day feeding in 

 the dry bush and cultivated lands. Towards sunset they 

 return to roost in the vast reed-beds of the Okavango 

 marshes, and it is then that one realizes their numbers. 

 For many miles along the edge of the marshes the air is 

 filled wdth an incessant stream of birds, the flocks varying 

 ill size from a few hundred individuals to huiulreds of 

 thousands. 



Spouopipes squamifrons (Smith). 

 Sporopipes squamifrons Stark, i. p. 80. 

 a,b. S' Molopo River, 3000 ft., 20Lh April, (Nos. 31, 

 32, R. B. TV.) 



