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Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
Grant's examples are all young birds. One of these has 
the breast narrowly streaked with brown. 
[Only some half a dozen individuals of this Bunting were 
seen, and all were immature. They frequented the lower 
end of a large patch of cultivated land bordering a stream, 
and were feeding on millet and rice that had been planted 
there by the natives. In actions and habit this species 
resembles E. flaviventris) 
103. Fringillaria capensis. 
CC. Durban Road, Mch. (3) ; Klipfontein, Apl., July (5). 
The Durban Road skins are slightly paler than those 
from Klipfontein, while the latter are distinctly paler than 
those from Deelfontein, which were described by Sharpe as 
a new species (F. media) ; the Buntings of Natal and the 
Transvaal are still more differentiated, and form a third sub¬ 
species. There are examples in the British Museum from 
the following localites :— 
F. capensis typica : Capetown and suburbs, Durban Road, 
and Tjobis (Namaqualand); slightly darker are those from 
the Paarl [Shelley), Mossel Bay [Oates), and Klipfontein. 
F. capensis media Sharpe: Deelfontein, De Aar, and 
Potchefstroom. 
F. capensis reidi Shelley i Ingagane River and Newcastle 
(Natal), and Rustenburg (Transvaal). 
[The Cape Bunting is found in pairs, and, as a rule, on 
ground strewn with boulders and rocks. On the tops of 
these it perches and underneath them it breeds. It is a 
tame and confiding species and is often seen near habita¬ 
tions. The flight is low, but not sustained, and the call is a 
single note. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill slate-coloured ; 
legs and toes dark horn-coloured.] 
104. Fringillaria tahapisi. 
Tv. Klein Letaba, July, Aug. (5); Woodbush, Nov., Jan. 
( 2 )- 
[The North-Eastern Transvaal is the only locality in 
which I have found this Bunting. 
