382 Mr. T. E. Buckley on Birds observed 
Vidua ardens (BodcL). 
a , . Drakenberg, December 20th, 1873. 
Bill and legs black ; iris dark hazel. 
I only met with this bird on our return journey. It fre¬ 
quents marshy land on the sides of streams. 
Urobachya axillaris (Smith). 
This bird I only saw on my way down close to Pietermaritz¬ 
burg ; but having no gun, I never procured a specimen ; when 
flying it resembled C. progne minus the long tail. 
Estrelda cyanogastra (Daud.). 
£ • Matabili, September 29th, 1873. 
Beak purple ; legs light brown ; iris orange-red. 
Very common through the Transvaal into the Matabili 
country. It is a rather more conspicuous species than some of 
the other small Finches. 
Estrelda granatina (L.). 
$ . Matabili, September 29th, 1873. 
Beak red ; legs black ; iris orange-red. 
Common in the Matabili country, where they go about in 
small flocks. 
PyTELIA MELBA (L.). 
$ . Bamangwato, October 26th, 1873. 
Beak crimson ; legs brown ; iris red. 
Met with, though not very abundantly, throughout the 
Bamangwato and Matabili countries. They seem to be very 
unobtrusive in their habits. 
Passer -, sp. 
I once found three or four pairs of Sparrows building in 
some old trees near the Limpopo; I procured one, but it was 
too much injured to be of any use. I do not remember 
having met with them again. The one I shot resembled P. 
simplex , which is the common species on the Gold Coast, and 
was most likely P. diffusus. 
Fringillaria flaviventris (V.). 
<5. Transvaal, July 4th, 1873. 
