250 
Mr. S. A. Neave on the Birds of 
326. Pyromelana xanthomemna. 
Pyromelana xanthomelana Sharpe ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 89. 
No. 489. $ in summer. Upper Luangwa Valley, 3000 ft., 
March 29, 1908. 
Bill, upper mandible black, lower white; feet dull brownish; 
iris dark brown. 
327. Pyromelana taha. 
Pyromelana taha (Smith) ; Beich. loc. cit. iii. p. 114. 
No. 312. $ ad. Bunkeya B., 3000 ft., Aug. 8, 1907. 
Bdl brownish horn-coloured, paler below ; feet pale brown; 
iris brown. 
328. Ploceipasser pectoralis. 
Ploceipasser pectoralis (Peters) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 90. 
No. 473. ? in summer. ^ Lundazi B., Upper Luangwa Val- 
No.474. S in summer. S ley, 2000 ft., March 4, 1908. 
Bill black ; feet greyish brown ; iris reddish brown. 
This bird, so far as my experience goes, is rigidly confined 
to “Mopane 93 forest in the Luangwa Valley. It is a grega¬ 
rious and extremely noisy bird, building a very untidy grass- 
nest, which is usually placed at the tip of a branch of Mimosa. 
329. Quelea lathami. 
Quelea lathami (Smith) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 90. 
330. Quelea cardinalis. 
Quelia cardinalis (Hartl.) ; Neave, loc. cit. p. 91. 
No. 487. ^ in summer. Upper Luangwa Valley, 3000 ft., 
March 29,1908. 
Bill black ; feet brownish flesh-coloured ; iris dark brown. 
331. Spermestes scutatus. 
Spermestes scutatus Heugl.; Neave, loc. cit. p. 91. 
No. 131. Dikulwe B., 4000 ft., April 1, 1907. 
Bill black, lower mandible bluish wdiite ; feet dusky; iris 
brown. 
No. 255. S • Upper Lufira B., 3500 ft., June 25, 1907. 
Bill black, lower mandible whitish tipped with grey; feet 
dusky ; iris dark brown. 
Nos. 256, 257. Imm. £ $ . Upper Lufira B., June 25, 
1907. 
