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by Mr . Claude Grant in South Africa. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel; hill slate-coloured; 
legs and toes dark brown.] 
48 a. Lagonosticta h^ematocephala. 
O. Neumann^ Orn. Monatsb. 1907, p. 168. 
Po Beira, Dec. (2) ; Tambarara, Mch., July (2). 
Neumann has separated the East-African and Nyasaland 
form of this species from that occurring in Bogosland under 
the above name, retaining Heugliids L . rhodopareia for 
the Bogosland form alone. 
It had already been recorded under Heuglin’s name from 
the Uremma River near Beira by myself (Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 
iii. 1905, p, 368). 
[This little Waxbill was only found in the Beira and 
Gorongoza districts of the Portuguese country. It occurs 
in small flocks- on the outskirts and in the paths and roads 
of the woods and forests, spending much time on the ground. 
In actions and habits it resembles L . rubricata. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel ; bill slate-coloured ; 
legs and toes dark brown.] 
49. Lagonosticta brunneiceps rendalli. 
P® Tete, Sept. (3). 
The type of L. brunneiceps is from Maragaz in Abyssinia, 
that of L . rendalli from the Shire River. The type of the 
former is by no means typical, as it is quite as brown on 
the back as a Transvaal example, though as a rule speci¬ 
mens from North-East and Central Africa have more red 
than those from the Zambesi Valley and South Africa. 
The southern form may perhaps be retained as L. brunneiceps 
rendalli . 
[This species was found only in the Tete district of 
Portuguese East Africa, where it was uncommon and occurred 
in small flocks in the native lands. In action and habits it 
resembles the other Ruddy Waxbills, being like them tame 
and easily procured. 
The soft parts are :—Irides brown ; bill vinous red, with 
the culmen, cutting-edge of upper mandible, aind ridge of 
lower black ; legs and toes pale horn-brown.] 
