by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
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frequents the borders of rivers and streams, although in the 
non-breeding-season it resorts to cultivated lands in small 
parties in company with other Weavers. It has a harsh cry, 
and the flight is swift and straight. The male in the 
breeding-season indulges in a gliding-downward flight with 
rapidly quivering wings and the rump-feathers spread out 
on each side. 
The soft parts are :— 
S, breeding. Irides hazel; bill black, greater half of 
lower mandible towards tip pearly ; legs and toes darkish 
brown. 
cT, non-breeding , and $ . Bill horn-coloured ; legs and 
toes paler brown.] 
70. Pyromelana capensis approximans. 
Z. Sibudeni, Nov., Oct., Jan. (5) ; Tv. Wakkerstroom, 
Apl. (1). 
This is the eastern form of P. capensis , and only differs in 
its smaller size ; it extends into the Southern Transvaal, but 
is replaced in the Zoutpansberg district and in Rhodesia by 
P. xanthomelana , which can be very easily distinguished 
by the absence of the buff edging on the inner webs of the 
quills. 
71. Pyromelana xanthomelana. 
Tv. Woodbush, Nov., May (6) ; F. Beira, Nov., Jan. (5) ; 
Masambeti, Nov. (2). 
[“Maubi” of Zulus, “ Kwe ;; of Ntebis. 
The smaller Black-and-Yellow and the Black-thighed 
Weaver-birds were observed in Natal and Zululand, the 
South-Eastern and North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Beira 
district of Portuguese East Africa. In general habits and 
call they resemble P. capensis. 
The soft parts are : — 
$ & c i, in non-breeding-dress . Irides hazel; bill horn- 
coloured ; legs and toes horn-brown. 
<$, in breeding-dress. Upper mandible black, lower horny 
to black as the season advances; legs and toes horn-brown 
or dark brown.] 
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