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323. Urobrachya bocagit. 
Urobrachya bocagei Sharpe; Reich, loc. cit. iii. p. 133. 
No. 500. $ in summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 
Valley, 4000 ft., April 16, 1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet pinkish 
horn-coloured; iris brown. 
No. 505. $ in summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 
Valley, April 17, 1908. 
Bill bluish white; feet dusky brown ; iris dark brown. 
No. 506. in summer. Nashinga swamp, Chambezi 
Valley, April 18, 1908. 
Bill pale bluish white; feet black ; iris dark brown. 
No. 711. S i n winter. Kalungwisi R., Sept. 9, 1909. 
Bill bluish grey, brownish around nostrils; feet and iris 
brown. 
Nos. 794, 796. $ $ in winter. Lower Chambezi Valley, 
Oct. 26, 1908. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet and iris 
brown. 
I found this rare Widow-bird not uncommon in swamps in 
the High Plateau country, in the more northern portion of 
N.E. Rhodesia. It frequently lives among reeds and 
swamp-grasses at a very considerable distance from dry 
land. 
324. Pyromelana flammiceps. 
Pyromelana flammiceps (Swains.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 88. 
No. 88. £ in summer. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 15, 
1907. 
Bill black; feet brown ; iris dark brown. 
No. 89. $ in summer. Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., March 15, 
1907. 
Bill brownish horn-coloured, paler below; feet pinkish 
brown; iris brown. 
325. Pyromelana nigrifrons. 
Pyromelana nigrifrons Bohm; Neave, loc. cit. p. 89. 
No. 465. $ in summer. Near -Ft. Jameson, Jan. 18, 
1908. 
Bill black; feet brownish pink ; iris dark brown. 
