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142. Hyphantornis mariquensis (Smith) : Layard, B. S. Afr., 
p. 182. Mariqua Weaver-bird. 
a. (J Seruli River, October 18, 1873. I"s bronze. 
143. Hyphantornis nigrifrons, Cab. : Layard, /. c. p. 180. Black- 
fronted Weaver-bird. 
a. $ Inyati, October 3, 1873. Ii''S pale reddish hazel ; bill and legs 
pinkish ; upper mandible tinged with dusky. This bird, and another 
shot the same time, were in moult. The other one is much duller ; not 
so yellow on head, rump, and tail ; throat and breast tinged with pale 
yellow ; belly white. 
b. (J Ishokwani, near Semokwe River, October 14, 1873. Iris 
yellowish white. 
c. (J Tati, October 21, 1874. Iris straw-colour; lower mandible 
flesh-colour, upper one dusky ; legs slate-colour. Insects in stomach. 
144. Sporopipes squamifrons (Smith) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 61. 
Scutellated Finch. 
a. $ Semokwe River, September 30, 1873. Iris burnt sienna. 
145. Vidua Verreauxi, Cass. : Finsch and Hartk, Vog. Ost-afr., 
p. 426. Verreaux's Widow-bird. 
a. (J (very fully developed). Tati, March 30, 1874. Iris dark 
hazel. Stomach containing seeds, a little grit, and remains of a beetle. 
146. Vidua regia (L.) : Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B., p. 63. Shaft-tailed 
Widow-bird. 
a, b, c, d. $ Tati, March 20, 21, 22, 24, 1874. Iris dark hazel ; 
bin, legs, and claws, coral-red. Small seeds in stomach. 
147. Vidua principalis (L.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 63. Common Widow- 
bird. 
a. $ Transvaal, December i, 1873. Iris hazel. 
b. $ Hope Fountain, near Gubuleweyo ; shot in Mr. Thomson's 
garden, about the beginning of December 1873. Iris dark hazel. 
c. 9 (?) Tati, March 31, 1874. Iris dark; bill and legs coral-red. 
I think this may be an immature male. In one or two examined 
afterwards, undoubted females, the bill was pale and the legs more 
dusky. 
d. Not labelled. 
148. Chera PROGNE(Bodd.): Sharpe, /. c. p. 63. Great Widow-bird. 
a. $ Pietermaritzburg, April 30, 1873. 
b, c. John Scott's Farm, Transvaal, June 19, 1873. Iris hazel. 
d, e. cj Transvaal, December 18, 1873. 
fg, h, i. Not labelled. 
149. Penthetria albinotata (Cass.) : Finsch and Hartl., Vog. 
Ost-afr., p. 420. White-spotted Widow-bird. 
