228 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
The soft parts are :—• 
S . Trides rich brown; biil rich red, culmen dusky; legs 
and toes pale brown. 
? . Irides hazel; bill brown tinged with red ; legs and 
toes pale brown.] 
Pytelia afra. 
Beichnw. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 162; C. Grants Ball, B, O. C. 
xxi. 1908, p. 66. 
P. Tambarara, June (1). 
This is the first example of this species taken south of the 
Zambesi ; it is not uncommon in Nyasaland and Angola. 
[Only one specimen of this species was seen, and this was 
shot in thick forest at the edge of a cut road. I at first 
mistook it for P. melba , to which species it bears a strong 
resemblance in life. 
The soft parts are:—Irides rich brown ; bill dark red; 
legs and toes pale brown.] 
47. Lagonosticta rubricata. 
Tv. Legogot, May (1); Z. Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1), 
Jususie Valley, Nov., Dec. (3). 
[“Ncubu” of Zulus. This little Waxbill was found only 
in Zululand and the Eastern Transvaal. It goes about in 
small parties and frequents footpaths and clearings near 
bush, feeding principally on seeds of various grasses. When 
feeding it constantly utters a low ee zeep,” and is tame and 
fearless. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill slate-coloured ; 
legs and toes dark brown.] 
48. Lagonosticta jamesoni. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (5). 
Young birds are olive-brown above with a little patch of 
pink on the lores only, below they are paler olive-brown, but 
without any pink wash at first. 
[Jameson’s Waxbill was only taken in the “ low veld” of 
the North-Eastern Transvaal, where it occurred in small 
flocks. In action, call, and habits it resembles L. rubricata . 
