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142. Penthetria albinotata (Cass.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 460. White- 



spotted Widow-bird. 



a. $ (undeveloped). Tamasetsi, December 16, 1874. Iris hazel ; 

 bill bluish ; legs black. 



b. $ Between the Pandamatenga River and Zambesi, January 11, 

 1875. Iris hazel; bill pale bluish violet; legs black. Seeds in 

 stomach. 



143. Pyromelana ORYX (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 462. Euplectes 



oryx (L.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 1, App. 

 p. 320 (1881). Red Bishop-bird. 

 a, b. <J Transvaal, 1873. 



c. Hope Fountain, near Gubuluwayo, about the beginning of 

 December 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



144. Pyromelana Capensis (L.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 463. 



Euplectes Capensis (L.) ; Sharpe in Oates's Matabele Land, ed. 

 1, App. p. 320 (1881). Cape Black-and- Yellow Bishop-bird. 



a. Kaar Kloof Heights, near Pietermaritzburg, May 19, 1873. 

 Iris hazel. 



b. Inyati, September 29, 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



c. Semokwe River, October 1873. ^ ris hazel. 



d. Hope Fountain, near Gubuluwayo, about the beginning of 

 December 1873. Iris dark hazel. 



e. Not labelled. 



145. Amadina erythrocephala (L.) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard, p. 467. 



Red-headed Weaver-Finch. 

 a. 5 Tati, October 1874. ^ rls P a ^ e hazel ; skin round eye red ; 

 bill dusky blue ; legs dirty flesh-colour. 



146. Pytelia melba (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 468. Southern Red-faced 



Finch. 



a. $ Tati, September 1, 1873. ^ ris burnt sienna. 



b. (J Tati, September 1873. 



c. ct (?), d. Tati, October 28, 1874. Iris scarlet ; bill coral-red ; 

 legs pale brown. 



147. Estrelda astrild (L.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 470. Common Wax- 



bill. 

 a. $ , b. Tati, October 9, 1874. Iris hazel (?) ; bill vermilion ; 

 legs and claws black. 

 c. Not labelled. 



148. Estrelda erythronota (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, /. c. p. 473. Black- 



cheeked Waxbill. 

 a. 9, b. Tati, October 3, 1874. Iris deep crimson ; bill dark slate- 

 colour. 



