“ Adult male.—Head, neck, and front of the chest yellow, or rather
strongly marked with yellow, the ground colour of the crown and
back of the neck being ashy, and of the throat, ear-coverts and
chest w h ite ; the forehead is margined with blackish brown,
gradually shading into yellow, this dark stripe extending backwards
to above the centre of the eye ; back uniform ashy brown,
with the mantle slightly washed with yellow; wings and tail
brown, the wing-coverts and inner secondaries edged with huffish
yellow, the remainder of the quills and tail-feathers edged with
bright yellow; under parts white, shading into yellow on the throat
and front of the chest; under surface of the wings brown, with the
inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter
slightly mottled with ashy brown and yellow. Total length in the
skin, 5-2 inches; culmen, 0'65; wing, 3 T ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0'75.”
Fig. Shelley, Ibis, 1882, pi. vii, fig. 2.
Page 447. P lo c e p a s s e r m a h a li.
I met with a small colony of these birds in a valley of thorn trees
several miles south of the Orange River when coming down from
the border in May, 1882. I have never seen them south of
Bamangwato before (Bradshaw).
Page 449. Am b ly o sp iz a a lb i f r o n s .
Near Newcastle in December, obtained by Lieutenant Giffard (P., F.,
and B.).
Page 449. P h i l e t s r u s so c iu s .
In central South Africa from the Orange River to 24° S. Lat. (Holub).
Very common on the Orange River, building their enormous nests in
the Kameel Thom trees. They extend some distance into the
Colony. Not found on the Zambesi (Bradshaw).
Page 451. S p o e o p ip e s sq u am if ro n s .
Vaal River; and three miles from Potchefstroom (Ayres).
Very common on the Orange River; also plentiful at the Tati River
(Bradshaw).
Page 452. V id u a v e r r e a u x i .
Here and there in Central South Africa from 23° S. Lat. northwards:
West Matabele Land and Makalaka country (Holub).
Page 4 5 3 . V id u a e e g ia .
Vaal River, northwards to the Zambesi (Holub).
Page 4 5 3 . V id u a p r in c ip a l i s .
Very abundant all over Natal (B ., F., and B.).
Very local; met with at Upington on the Orange R iv e r; summer
visitor (Bradshaw).
Page 455. V id u a a e d e n s .
Generally distributed and fairly common iu Natal (B., F., and B.).
Page 457. O rty g o s p iz a p o ly z o n a .
Rustenberg, common (Ayres).
Very common round Newcastle, winter and summer (B., F., and B.)
Page 458. C h e r a p ro g n e .
One of the commonest birds in the upper portion of Natal, but not
observed in any great numbers below Howick, or rather Riet
Spruit, a few miles lower down on the Pietermaritzburg ro ad ;
Richmond River Downs in December (B., F., and B.).
Linokana, Western Transvaal (Holub).
Page 461. P e n t h e t r i a a x i l l a r i s .
Extremely common at Richmond Road in December ; Durban ; a single
specimen a t Calleba’s Laagte, about twenty-five miles from Newcastle,
but not noted further north ; not seen north of the foot of
the Kaarkloof (B., F., and JR.).
Page 462. P y r om e la n a o ry x .
Molapo ; Barolong Land (Holub).
Very local in South Africa, being plentiful in some places and scarce
in others: have met with it from Cape Town to the Zambe3i
(Bradshaw).
Page 463. P y r om e la n a c a p e n s is .
Common near Newcastle (JR., F., and B.).
Only seen in the more settled parts of the colony; found in the reeds
on the Orange River, making their nests on the islands (Bradshaw).
Page 467. A m a d in a e r y th r o c e p h a l a .
Very common on the Orange River; have met with it as far south as
Renhardt (Bradshaw).
Page 469. E s t r e l d a su b e la v a .
A small flock met with near Newcastle in September; Richmond Road
in December (Butler).
Page 469. E s t r e l d a d u f r e s n i i.
Rustenberg (Ayres).
Page 470. . E s t r e l d a a s t r i l d .
Everywhere common in Natal (JR., F., and B.).
Not very common on the Orange River (Bradshaw).
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