324 APPENDIX. 



134. PLOCEPASSER Mahali, Smith; Sharpe, t. c. p. 447. 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. 



135. SPOROPIPES SQUAMIFRONS (Smith) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 45 1. Scutel- 



lated Weaver-bird. 

 a. $ Semokwe River, September 30, 1873. Iris burnt sienna. 



136. Vidua Verreauxii, Cass.; Sharpe, t. c. p. 452. Verreaux's 



Widow-bird. 

 a. $ (very fully developed). Tati, March 30, 1874. Iris dark 

 hazel. Stomach containing seeds, a little grit, and remains of a beetle. 



137. Vidua regia (L.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 453. Shaft-tailed Widow- 



bird. 

 a, b, c, d. $ Tati, March 20, 21, 22, 24, 1874. Iris dark hazel ; 

 bill, legs, and claws coral-red. Small seeds in stomach. 



138. Vidua principalis (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 453. Common Widow- 



bird. 



a. $ Transvaal, December 1, 1873. ^ V1S hazel. 



b. <$ Hope Fountain, near Gubuluwayo ; shot in Mr. Thomson's 

 garden about the beginning of December 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



c. $ (?) 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. 



139. Vidua ardens (Bodd.); Sharpe, /. c. p. 455. Penthetria ardens 



(Bodd.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. p. 320 

 (1S81). Red-collared Widow-bird. 

 a. Natal, 1873. 



140. Ortygospiza polyzona (Temm.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 457. 



Little Barred-breasted Finch. 

 a. Desolate country near Newcastle, June 5, 1873. Iris pheasant- 

 colour. Two shot out of a flock. 



141. Chera progne (Bodd.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 458. Long-tailed 



Widow-bird. 



a. $ Pietermaritzburg, April 30, 1873. 



b, c. John Scott's Farm, Transvaal, June 19, 1873. Iris hazel. 

 d, e. $ Transvaal, December 18, 1873. 



/, g, h, i. Not labelled. 



