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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Finn 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  much 
  like 
  the 
  female 
  H. 
  galbula, 
  are 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  young 
  

   of 
  H. 
  bojeri, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  brightly 
  coloured 
  male 
  only 
  ap- 
  

   pears 
  to 
  be 
  known. 
  These 
  bright 
  specimens 
  are 
  a 
  small 
  

   minority. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  social 
  both 
  in 
  feeding 
  and 
  nesting 
  ; 
  

   the 
  nests 
  are 
  hung 
  from 
  the 
  fronds 
  of 
  the 
  cocoanut-palms, 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Mombasa. 
  The 
  birds 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  low 
  

   plants, 
  where, 
  I 
  presume, 
  they 
  find 
  insects. 
  Nestlings 
  were 
  

   brought 
  to 
  me 
  at 
  the 
  Fort 
  Bungalow 
  by 
  native 
  boys, 
  and 
  a 
  

   fledgling 
  even 
  flew 
  into 
  the 
  bungalow 
  on 
  one 
  occasion. 
  

  

  EsTRELDA 
  PHCENicoTis. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii, 
  p. 
  400.) 
  

   Very 
  common 
  at 
  Mombasa, 
  but 
  less 
  abundant 
  than 
  the 
  

   preceding, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  difl'ers 
  in 
  being 
  a 
  ground-feeder. 
  1 
  

   believe 
  it 
  eats 
  small 
  grass-seeds 
  and 
  minute 
  insects. 
  It 
  is 
  

   usually 
  seen 
  in 
  pairs, 
  not 
  in 
  flocks. 
  

  

  MuNiA 
  oRYzivoRA. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  328.) 
  

  

  The 
  " 
  Zawaridi" 
  was 
  introduced 
  into 
  Zanzibar, 
  I 
  was 
  

   told, 
  about 
  30 
  years 
  since, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  so 
  common 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  

   used 
  as 
  food 
  with 
  other 
  small 
  seed-eating 
  birds. 
  It 
  does 
  not 
  

   seem 
  to 
  descend 
  into 
  the 
  streets, 
  like 
  the 
  Sparrow 
  at 
  home, 
  

   and 
  I 
  am 
  at 
  a 
  loss 
  to 
  understand 
  on 
  what 
  it 
  feeds 
  in 
  the 
  

   town, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  constantly 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  about 
  the 
  house- 
  

   roofs. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  driving 
  the 
  other 
  small 
  birds 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  town, 
  but 
  one 
  can 
  pardon 
  much 
  to 
  so 
  ornamental 
  a 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Passer 
  diffusus 
  (sive 
  swainsoni). 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  xii. 
  pp. 
  334, 
  

   336.) 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  to 
  which 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  to 
  refer 
  a 
  plain- 
  

   coloured 
  Sparrow 
  found 
  both 
  at 
  Zanzibar 
  and 
  Mombasa, 
  at 
  

   which 
  latter 
  place 
  I 
  had 
  good 
  opportunities 
  for 
  observing 
  it 
  at 
  

   the 
  Fort 
  Bungalow. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  with 
  the 
  gait 
  

   of 
  a 
  Chaffinch, 
  and 
  when 
  perched 
  on 
  a 
  telegraph 
  wire 
  its 
  

   contour 
  suggests 
  a 
  Shrike. 
  

  

  Pycnonotus 
  layardi. 
  (Cat. 
  B. 
  vi. 
  p. 
  132.) 
  

   This 
  Bulbul 
  is 
  common 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  I 
  

   visited, 
  and 
  I 
  observed 
  it 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  Mnazi-moja 
  grounds 
  

   at 
  Zanzibar 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  fort 
  at 
  Mombasa, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  very 
  

  

  