246 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
90. Serinus flaviventris. 
CC. Klipfontein, Apl., May, June (5) ; Port Nolloth, 
July (1); Durban Road, Mch., Sept. (3). 
One nest with three eggs taken at Durban Road, Sept. 
22nd. 
[This Canary was only noted from Namaqualand and the 
Cape Peninsula. In the former locality it was in small 
flocks, as it was the winter season, but in the latter locality 
it was breeding and occurred in pairs. 
I found the nest on Sept. 22nd at the Cape; this was 
composed of twigs of a wild sage and lined with the down 
of a cotton-plant. It was placed some two feet from the 
ground in the middle of a bush. It contained three eggs, 
which were apparently the full clutch, and both the old 
birds were secured. In habits and call this Canary much 
resembles S. canicollis; and it has a sweet and prolonged 
song, in many ways equal to that of the Cape Canary. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel ; bill, upper mandible 
pale horn-brown, lower much paler and often yellowish ; 
legs and toes darkish to dark brown.] 
93. Serinus icterus. 
2£. Jususie Valley, Dec. (4) ; Umfolosi Station, July (2); 
Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1) ; Ngoye Hills, Oct. (2); Tv. 
Legogot, May (1) ; Klein Letaba, Aug., Sept. (3) ; P. 
Tambarara, Apl., May, June, July (4). 
[“ Umtuquani” of Zulus. 
This little Canary was noted from Zululand, the Eastern 
and North-Eastern Transvaal, and the Gorongoza district 
of the Portuguese country. It appears to be confined, 
more or less, to the lower “ bush veld,” and was nowhere 
observed in the “ high veld ” proper. It is found in 
small flocks in the winter season and in pairs during the 
summer, but I have not succeeded in taking the eggs. It 
frequents, to a great extent, old and cultivated land and 
gardens, feeding principally upon grass-seeds and dry fruit, 
especially the “ Num-num,” the juice of which often stains 
the plumage of the throat and breast ( vide ? 26 Sept. *05, 
Klein Letaba). 
