167 
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. 
138. Vidua regia. 
Vidua regia Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 143. 
a Intaga.” 
Common, and very conspicuous during the breeding- 
season. The full plumage is assumed during November, and 
the long tail-feathers are shed again at the beginning of 
May, otherwise the summer dress persists throughout May 
until June. 
139. Vidua serina. 
Vidua 'principalis Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. p. 145. 
Occasionally - met with near Bulawayo. I have seen 
several examples of it in aviaries and have been told that 
they were caught close to the town. 
140. Euplectes xanthomelas. 
Pyromelana capensis ocanthomelcena Stark, Birds S. Afr. i. 
p. 133. 
“ Isigwe P 
A common resident. The males commence to assume 
their breeding-plumage at the beginning of November : one 
of them has some white feathers on the breast and abdomen, 
and some brown ones on the head and back, interspersed 
among the black. They must begin to lose their summer 
garb in March, for I have seen them in full plumage in 
February, but examples shot on the 18th April, 20th and 
25th of May are all in their light brown winter dress, 
although the yellow on the wing-coverts and rump is still 
quite bright. Unlike Pyromelana sundevalli, this bird usually 
builds away from water and singly. A nest taken on 
January 27th was found in tall grass two or three miles 
from water. It was made of fine grass and formed into a 
sphere, about 2J inches internal diameter, with a circular 
opening on one side. There were three eggs, bluish green in 
colour with numerous dark brown spots and splashes. They 
measure 19 x 14 mm. 
141. PYROMELANA TAHA. 
Pyromelana taha Stark, Birds S. Afr. l. p. 128. 
I saw a male of this species, in breeding-plumage, in an 
