AMADNIA SQUAMIFOKMIS.
itfafc.-Colours similar to those of the female, only rather clearer and
brighter.
Tins bird is frequently found to the northward of Latakoo, but rarely to the southward-
and the only specimens I have seen from the latter were obtained towards the sources of the Great’
B i— 11 18 ®eneraTlly obf rfed H brushwood, especially in the vicinity o f streams
— gr0UDds‘ H a few lnstan“ 8 I have observed several individuals associated
together, but more generally only two or three are found in the same locality. It feeds upon
seeds, constructs its nest of grass, and builds it on a small shrub. "