Page 420. B u p h a g a e r y th r o r h y n c h a .
Near Durban: does not apparently occur any great distance inland
(P., F., and R.).
Page 423. L am p r o to rn is meyesi.
Sibanani (Holub).
Page 424. L am p r o to rn is a u s t r a l i s .
Mr. Ayres saw a few in Bamangwato, near Kama’s town.
Page 425. L am p ro c o liu s p h a in ic o p te ru s .
Blauw Kranz, November; Camperdown, December (B., F., and B.),
Eastern Bamangwato and West Matabele Land (Holub).
Common on the Orange River (Bradshaw).
Page 426. L am p ro c o liu s s tc o b iu s .
According to Captain Shelley this species is identical with L. chalybeus
(H. and E.) from Abyssinia.
Umvuli River, August and September. Matabele name Iqueeze
(Ayres).
Central Transvaal: Bechuana Land (Holub) .
Fig. Holub and Von Pelz. Beitr. Om. Siidafr. taf. iii.
Page 428. P h o l id a u g e s v e r r e a u x i.
Mashoona Land, September and October (Ayres).
Page 429. . S p r e o b i c o lo r .
A very familiar bird in the upper portions of Natal, remaining in flocks
even after the breeding season has commenced. Nesting in
numbers on the Incandu River near Newcastle (B., F., and B.).
Common in the eastern part of the Colony and in the Transvaal, but
not met with on the Orange River, on the northern border, nor
seen in the Zambesi region (Bradshaw).
Page 430. A m y d ru s c a f f e r .
Rather numerous about Kakamas : not seen anywhere else, not even
a t Upington, only seventy miles away along the river (Bradshaw).
Page 431. A m y d ru s m o rio .
Common in flocks in rocky places in Natal, especially in the rocky
districts (B., F., and B.). Rustenberg (Lucas), Linokana in the
Marico district (Holub).
Page 4 3 3 . H y p h a n tu r g u s o liv a c e u s .
Breeding near Newcastle in the middle of October: not often observed
in the winter months (B., F., and B.).
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Zambesi (Holub).
Page 437. H y f h a n t o r n i s s p ilo n o tu s .
Tugela River, near Colenso, November 21 (Reid).
Page 439. H y p h a n to r n is v e l a t u s .
Rustenberg (Ayres).
In September in small reedy vleys between Newcastle and the Drakensberg
; breeding near Ladysmith, Colenso and the Blauw Kranz
River (B., F., and R.).
Page 439. H y p h a n to r n is v i t e l l i n u s .
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Page 443. H y p h a n to r n is s u p e r c i l io s u s (Shelley).
Buff-browed Weaver-bird.
This West African species, which ranges from the Gold Coast to the
Congo, has occurred a t Caconda, where Senor Anchieta has
found it.
In the winter plumage it may be easily recognized by the broad
brownish buff eyebrow contrasting with the blackish crown, which
tends to brownish on the nape. In the summer plumage the eyebrow
is yellow, and the cheeks, part of the ear-coverts, chin, and
upper throat are black.
Page 443. In s e r t:—H y p h a n to r n is t em p o r a lis , Bocage.
Benguela Weaver-bird.
Caconda (Anchieta).
Described by Professor Bocage as being similar to the Abyssinian
H. guerini, bu t with the abdomen and top of head brighter yellow.
Page 443. H y p h a n to r n is n ig r i f r o n s .
Hart R iv e r; Linokana; Orange Free State; Griqualand W est; Bechuana
Land; Transvaal (Holub).
Page 444. M a lim b u s r u b r i c e p s .
Captain Shelley has named the bird procured by Mr. Jameson Sharpia
ayresii, and the note of Mr. Ayres of course belongs to the same
species.
Page 444. In sert:—S h a r p i a a y r e s i i , Shelley. Ayres’Weaver-bird.
Captain Shelley writes : “ This species appears to be most nearly allied
to Sharpia angolensis. The black border to the forehead, and the
absence of any yellow on the rump, upper tail-coverts and abdomen
in the present species, appear to me to be more likely specific than
sexual differences.”