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bill dirty flesh-colour ; top of upper mandible dusky ; legs flesh-colour. 
Insects and seeds in stomach. 
135. MiRAFRA SABOTA (Smith) : Sharpe,' P. Z. S., 1874, p. 645. 
Sabota Lark. 
a. ^ Tati, October 25, 1874- Iris bright light brown ; upper 
mandible dusky, under one dirty flesh - colour ; legs pale brown. 
Stomach muscular, containing large hard seeds. 
d. Not labelled. 
136. Tephrocorys cinerea (Gm.) : Sharpe, P. Z. S., 1874, p. 633. 
South African Rufous-capped Lark. 
a. (J Pietermaritzburg, May 2, 1873. 
Family Ploceid^. 
137. Sycobrotus bicolor (VieilL): Sharpe, Caf. Afr. B., p. 60. 
Natal Black- and-yellow Weaver-bird. 
a. Not labelled. 
138. Textor erythrorhynchus, Smith : Sharpe, /. c. p. 58. Red- 
billed Black Weaver-bird. 
a. Tati, March 25, 1874. Iris dark greyish hazel; bill and legs 
dusky orange. Stomach very muscular, containing seeds and insects. 
Noisy tame bird. Shot in company with the black Long-tails [Chera) ; 
had been moulting, as feathers were loose. 
b. $ Tati, October 25, 1874. Iris dark; bill dusky orange; legs 
dusky, with an orange tinge. 
c. $ Near first Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, June 17, 1874. 
Iris dark hazel ; bill and legs dusky orange. Stomach containing 
many seeds, and a few insect remains and gravel. Three nests in a 
high tree full of these birds. 
d. $ Tati, September 30, 1874. Iris hazel ; bill coral-red ; legs 
salmon-colour; claws dusky. Shot by Thomson out of a flock of 
similar birds, and a black-winged white species. 
139. Hyphantornis capensis (Gm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 59. Cape 
Yellow Weaver-bird. 
a. $ Transvaal, December 16, 1873. Iris straw-colour. 
140. Hyphantornis olivaceus (Hahn) : Gray, Handl. B., ii. p. 41, 
No. 6575. Olive-and-yellow Weaver-bird. 
a. ? Transvaal, December 16, 1873. Iris raw sienna. 
141. Hyphantornis ocularis (Smith). Smith's Weaver-bird. 
a. $, b. $ Pinetown, near Durban, April 1873. Iris buff; bill 
black ; legs grey. 
c. $ Pietermaritzburg, April 30, 1873. Iris light hazel or golden. 
