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Mr. W. L. Sciater on Birds collected 
72. Urobrachya axillaris. 
Z. Jusnsie Valley, Dec. (7 $ , 1 $ ) ; Umfolosi Station, 
Sept. (1) ; Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1). 
[“ Maubi 99 of Zulus. 
The Red-shouldered Widow-bird was noted from Natal 
and Zululand, the North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Beira 
district of the Portuguese country. It frequents extensive 
vleis and low-lying plains clothed with luxuriant grass, and 
is usually observed in flocks comprising a male or two 
and numbers of females. The flight is floppy and somewhat 
erratic. It feeds principally upon insects and grass-seeds. 
The soft parts are :— 
d, in winter, and ad. ? . Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes 
horn-brown. 
$ breeding. Bill pale slate-coloured ; legs and toes very 
dark slaty.] 
74. Penthetria albqnotata. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, Sept. (1 $, 1 $ ). 
There is no female example of this somewhat scarce 
species in the British Museum. The males of this group 
are always more conspicuous and bold, while the females are 
apt to hide in the long grass and are less often collected. 
[This species was only found in the low country of the 
North-Eastern Transvaal, where it was by no means common. 
In general habits it resembles C. ardens.] 
75. CoLIUSPASSER PROGNE. 
N. Durban, Nov. (1) ; Z. Umfolosi Station, July (1) ; 
Tv. Wakkerstroom, Mch., Apl. (5); Pietersburg, Feb. (10). 
Of the Wakkerstroom examples one is a female, one a 
male in full breeding-plumage, and three have already got 
their winter dress. The breeding male is dated March 4, 
the others March 25 and April 18. 
Of the Pietersburg specimens, all collected in February, 
seven are males in breeding-plumage, one is a female, and 
two are young males, so that, although the nesting-season 
is in November or December, the males do not seem to have 
lost their breeding-dress by March. 
