140. HYPHANTORNIS OLIVACEUS (Hahn): Gray, _Handl. B._, ii. p. 41, No. 6575. Olive-and-yellow Weaver-bird. _a._ ♀ Transvaal, December 16, 1873. Iris raw sienna. 141. HYPHANTORNIS OCULARIS (Smith). Smith’s Weaver-bird. _a._ ♂, _b._ ♀ Pinetown, near Durban, April 1873. Iris buff; bill black; legs grey. _c._ ♂ Pietermaritzburg, April 30, 1873. Iris light hazel or golden. 142. HYPHANTORNIS MARIQUENSIS (Smith): Layard, _B. S. Afr._, p. 182. Mariqua Weaver-bird. _a._ ♂ Seruli River, October 18, 1873. Iris bronze. 143. HYPHANTORNIS NIGRIFRONS, Cab.: Layard, _t. c._ p. 180. Black-fronted Weaver-bird. _a._ ♀ Inyati, October 3, 1873. Iris pale reddish hazel; bill and legs pinkish; upper mandible tinged with dusky. This bird, and another shot the same time, were in moult. The other one is much duller; not so yellow on head, rump, and tail; throat and breast tinged with pale yellow; belly white. _b._ ♂ Ishokwani, near Semokwe River, October 14, 1873. Iris yellowish white. _c._ ♂ Tati, October 21, 1874. Iris straw-colour; lower mandible flesh-colour, upper one dusky; legs slate-colour. Insects in stomach. 144. SPOROPIPES SQUAMIFRONS (Smith): Sharpe, _Cat. Afr. B._, p. 61. Scutellated Finch. _a._ ♀ Semokwe River, September 30, 1873. Iris burnt sienna. 145. VIDUA VERREAUXI, Cass.: Finsch and Hartl., _Vög. Ost-afr._, p. 426. Verreaux’s Widow-bird. _a._ ♂ (very fully developed). Tati, March 30, 1874. Iris dark hazel. Stomach containing seeds, a little grit, and remains of a beetle. 146. VIDUA REGIA (L.): Sharpe, _Cat. Afr. B._, p. 63. Shaft-tailed Widow-bird. _a, b, c, d._ ♂ Tati, March 20, 21, 22, 24, 1874. Iris dark hazel; bill, legs, and claws, coral-red. Small seeds in stomach. 147. VIDUA PRINCIPALIS (L.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 63. Common Widow-bird. _a._ ♂ Transvaal, December 1, 1873. Iris hazel. _b._ ♂ Hope Fountain, near Gubuleweyo; shot in Mr. Thomson’s garden, about the beginning of December 1873. Iris dark hazel. _c._ ♀ (?) Tati, March 31, 1874. Iris dark; bill and legs coral-red. I think this may be an immature male. In one or two examined afterwards, undoubted females, the bill was pale and the legs more dusky. _d._ Not labelled. 148. CHERA PROGNE (Bodd.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 63. Great Widow-bird. _a._ ♀ Pietermaritzburg, April 30, 1873. _b, c._ John Scott’s Farm, Transvaal, June 19, 1873. Iris hazel. _d, e._ ♂ Transvaal, December 18, 1873. _f, g, h, i._ Not labelled. 149. PENTHETRIA ALBINOTATA (Cass.): Finsch and Hartl., _Vög. Ost-afr._, p. 420. White-spotted Widow-bird. _a._ ♂ (undeveloped). Tamasetsie, December 16, 1874. Iris hazel; bill bluish; legs black. _b._ ♂ Between the Pantamatenka River and Zambesi, January 11, 1875. Iris hazel; bill pale bluish violet; legs black. Seeds in stomach. 150. PENTHETRIA ARDENS (Bodd.): Sharpe, _Cat. Afr. B._, p. 63. Orange-throated Widow-bird. _a._ Natal, 1873.