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Mr. E. C. Chubb on the Birds of 
133. Serinus shelleyi. 
Serinus shelleyi, Neumann, Orn. Monatsb. xi. p. 184 (1903). 
a. $ . July 28, 1907. 
134. Emberiza flaviventris. 
Emberiza flaviventris Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 184. 
Not uncommon. 
135. Fringillaria tahapisi. 
Fringillaria tahapisi Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 189. 
'*a. ? . Noy. 26, 1907. 
136. Hypochera funerea. 
Hypochera funerea Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 153. 
*a. $ . Dec. 9, 1907. 
b. 3 • Jan. 12, 1908. 
*c. 3 • Feb. 29,1908. 
Uncommon, b was shot in a thorn-bush. 
a is in changing plumage ; there are some brown 
feathers on the back and some white ones on the underside 
intermingled with the black. 
Bill white ; legs and feet flesh-colour; iris very dark 
brown. The stomach of b contained small seeds. 
137. Vidua paradisea. 
Vidua paradisea Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 149. 
“ Umasiyabundu.” 
A common resident, and like Tetraenura regia is in the 
summer a prominent feature of our bird-life. The males 
begin to don their bright livery early in November and lose 
it again in March. One shot on November 25 is already in full 
dress, except that the long tail-feathers are not yet developed. 
During the summer the males are usually met with sepa¬ 
rately, accompanied by their hosts of females, but occasionally 
two or three cocks may be seen together, and I once (Jan. 5) 
saw a flock of about twenty-five males all in full plumage. 
Although their diet consists chiefly of small seeds, it is 
varied sometimes by insects. Mr. Mennell tells me he once 
saw a number of males and females devouring flying termites 
as they swarmed from a hole in the ground. 
