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79. Vidua paradisea. 
P. Tambarara, July (1). 
[I have seldom observed this species, and the only localities 
from which I have recorded it are the Koysna district, the 
North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Gorongoza district of 
Portuguese East Africa. In habits, flight, &c. it appears 
to resemble V. principalis. 
The soft parts are:—Irides hazel ; bill black ; legs and 
toes dark brown.] 
81. Hypochera nigerrima. 
P. Tambarara, May (1). 
[I have not seen this species elsewhere than in the 
Gorongoza district, and even there it was decidedly un¬ 
common, only some two or three individuals being observed. 
It apparently has much the habits of the Vidua, and was 
seen either feeding on the ground or perched on the topmost 
branches of a dead tree. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel ; bill pearly white; legs 
and toes fleshy white.] 
83. Petronia superciliaris. 
Petronia petronella Stark & Sclater, Bds. S. Afr. i. p. 157. 
Tv, Klein Letaba, Aug. (2) ; P, Coguno, Aug. (1) ; 
Masambeti, Oct., Nov. (3). 
The example from Coguno in the Inhambane district 
differs from the other quite typical specimens in its much 
clearer white eyebrow, its paler under surface, and most 
markedly by its chin and throat being quite clearly washed 
with yellow, apart from the yellow throat-spot. There is 
only one bird in the British Museum collection which 
approaches this. It was collected by Buckley in Swaziland 
(24th July, 1876). I am inclined to regard these two 
specimens as belonging to a coastal form worthy of sub¬ 
specific distinction from the typical species, but should like 
to examine further material. Its measurements are : 
wing 90 mm., tail 57, tarsus 12, culmen 11. 
[This Sparrow was found in the low country of the 
