N. Rhodesia and the Katanga District of Congoland . 253 
Bill mauve-pink, culmen and gonys dusky; feet dusky 
brown ; iris dark brown. 
No. 292. Bunkeya R. ? 3000 ft., July 27, 1907. 
Bill pinkish, culmen and gonys dusky ; feet dusky brown ; 
iris dusky brown. 
No. 293. <J. Bunkeya R., 3000 ft., July 27, 1907. 
Bill pinkish, culmen and gonys dusky ; feet dusky brown ; 
iris dark brown. 
No. 583. $. Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 24, 
1908. 
Bill dusky purple, reddish purple below; feet dark brown ; 
iris brown. 
This is rather a shy bird, haunting thickets &c. much in 
the way of L. niveiguttata. 
337. Lagonosticta h^imatocephala. 
Lagonosticta Jwematocephala Neum.; Sharpe, Hand-1. Birds, 
v. p. 431. 
No. 128. ^ . Dikulwe R., 4000 ft., April 1, 1907. 
Bill bluish horn-coloured, tipped with dusky; feet greyish 
purple ; iris brown, orbit pink. 
No. 148. $. Kaluli R., 3000 ft., April 20, 1907. 
Bill bluish dusky, lower mandible blue-grey tipped with 
dusky; feet dusky grey; iris dark brown; orbit red. 
No. 274. ? . Kambove, 4500 ft., July 9, 1907. 
Bill dusky grey, slightly paler below; feet grey-brown; 
iris dark brown. 
No. 588. $ . Chishi Island, L. Bangweolo, June 26, 
1908. 
Bill dusky purplish ; feet dark grey; iris dark brown. 
No. 730. S • Kalungwisi R., Sept. 16, 1908. 
Bill dusky bluish; feet dark grey; iris brown. 
No. 749. $? Edge of Chimpili Plateau, Luwingu, 
Sept. 24, 1908. 
Bill dusky bluish; feet brown; iris dark brown, orbit 
pale bluish. 
A common and tame species, often seen feeding on bare 
spots in native villages &c. with Estrilda angolensis. 
