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157. ESTRELDA GRANATINA (L.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 65. Grenadier 
Wax-bill. 
a. Semokwe River, September 1873. 
b. $ Tati, September 30, 1874. Iris red ; bill and skin round 
eye scarlet-lake : legs dark brown. 
158. ESTRELDA CYANOGASTRA (Daud.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 65. Southern 
Bengali Finch. 
a. $ Tati, March 21, 1874. Iris claret-colour; bill violet, lilac at 
base ; legs pale flesh-colour. Small seeds in stomach. 
b. Tati, October 3, 1874. Iris claret-colour. 
c. $ Tati, October 21, 1874. Iris claret-colour; bill violet; legs 
pale brown (?). 
d. $ Tati, October 1874. 
159. Lagonosticta minima (Vieill.) : Sharpe, /. c, p. 66. Amadavat 
Finch. 
a. $ (?) Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris very pale hazel. 
b. Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris lake. 
160. Ortygospiza polyzona (Temm.) : Sharpe, /. c. p. 66. Little 
Bari'ed-breasted Finch. 
a. Desolate country near Newcastle, June 5, 1873. Iris pheasant- 
colour. Two shot out of a flock. 
161. Passer motitensis. Smith : Sharpe, /. c, p. 69. Greater South 
African Sparrow. 
a. 5 Palatswe River, August 13, 1873. Iris dark greyish hazel. 
Stomach very muscular, containing grit ; seeds in throat. 
b. 5 (probably). Tati, September 24, 1.874. Iris palish hazel ; bill 
black ; legs brown ; claws darker. 
c. $ Tati, October 19, 1873. Iris brown. 
d. Tati, October 6, 1874.^ Bill black ; legs brown. 
162. Passer diffusus. Smith : Sharpe, /. c. p. 69. Southern Grey- 
headed Sparrow. 
a. Crocodile River; in cultivated fields, July 1873. Iris greenish 
hazel. 
163. Plocepasser MAHALI, Smith : Sharpe, t. c. p. 61. White-browed 
Weaver-bird. 
a. $ Palatswe River, August 13, 1873. Iris dark burnt sienna. 
Stomach muscular, containing remains of insects. Song not unlike 
that of a Chaffinch, but much shorter and quieter. I think I have 
seen these birds since the Lion Camp on the Crocodile River. They 
go in small parties. 
b. Not labelled. 
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