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by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
The curious pink tinge on the under parts, which I have 
also observed in birds collected by Dr. Stohr north of the 
Zambesi, is, according to Mr. Grant, due to the stains of 
fruit juice on which the bird feeds. There is a very 
similar example in the British Museum from Colesberg, 
Cape Colony, collected many years ago by Ortlepp. This 
is referred to H. cabanisi by Dr. Finsch, but I doubt if the 
true H. cabanisi goes so far south. But the females and 
winter males of this group are notoriously difficult to 
distinguish. 
[Shelley^s Weaver was only found in the North-Eastern 
Transvaal and the Tete district of the Portuguese country. 
It was quite common in both localities, and frequented the 
lands in fair numbers, feeding on the grain. It also feeds 
to some extent on wild fruit, and the feathers of the under 
parts are often stained with the juice, especially with that 
of the rf Num-num. ;) In habits and call it resembles the 
other members of the genus. 
The soft parts are:—Irides pale yellow ; bill, legs and 
toes horn-brown.] 
29. Hyphantornis xanthops. 
Hyphantornis j amesoni Stark & Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. i. p. 65. 
Tv. Woodbush, Dec. (2) ; P. Coguno, June (1) ; Tam- 
barara, Apl. (1). 
An adult 1 male (Woodbush, Dec. 29) exactly matches the 
type of H. xanthops from Angola and other examples from 
Nyasaland. H. jamesoni, described from a specimen taken by 
J. S. Jameson on the Umvuli River, differs from H. xanthops 
in having only the forehead instead of the whole crown 
golden. It was shot m September, and is probably a bird 
which has hardly yet assumed its full breeding dress. 
30. SlTAGRA OCULARIA. 
Illovo, Nov. (3) ; Z. Jususie Valley, Dec. (1); 
Umfolosi Station, Sept. (1); P. Coguno, July (1); Beira, 
Nov. (3); Tambarara, Apl. (2). 
One nest with two young (in spirit), taken at Illovo on 
November 19th. 
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