180 



BIRDS OF DAMABA LAND. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



[Mariposa cyanogastra is the southern form of the equatorial 

 M. phmnicotis, from which^ according to the testimony of M. 

 Jules VerreauXj it is always distinguished by the absence of the 

 purple ear-coverts in the male bird. The southern race, I 

 believe, has not been figured. — Ed. J 



217. Ursegintlms granatinus (Linn.). Grenadin Finch. 



Fringilla granatirui, ^^ieillot's Ois. Chant, pis. 17 & 18. 

 EstreJda granatina, Strickland & Sclater, Birds Damar., Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 150. 



„ ,, Hartlaub's Orn. Westafrica's, No. 4-38. 



,, ,, Layard's Oat. No. 394. 



„ ,, Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 402. 



,, „ Sharpe's Cat. No. 618. 



This species is not uncommon in Damara Land, but 

 is more abundant further north, and also at Lake 

 Ngami. It congregates in small flocks, and feeds on 

 little seeds, which it seeks upon the ground. 



The iris is red ; and the naked ring round the eye is 

 usually red also, but sometimes of a greyish drab ; the 

 bill purplish, but red at the extremity ; the legs are 

 purplish grey. 



Measurements of a male and a female : — 



Male. 

 in. lin. 



Entire length 5 11 



Length of folded wing ... 2 4 



„ tarsus 7 



„ middle toe . .05 



„ tail 3 2 



bill . . ..05 



Female, 

 in. lin. 



6 7 



2 1 



7 



5 



2 9 



5 



