163. PLOCEPASSER MAHALI, Smith: Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 61. White-browed Weaver-bird. _a._ ♂ Palatswe River, August 13, 1873. Iris dark burnt sienna. Stomach muscular, containing remains of insects. Song not unlike that of a Chaffinch, but much shorter and quieter. I think I have seen these birds since the Lion Camp on the Crocodile River. They go in small parties. _b._ Not labelled. 164. POLIOSPIZA GULARIS (Smith): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 68. Striped-headed Grosbeak. _a._ Between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. Iris pale claret-tinted hazel. 165. CRITHAGRA CHRYSOPYGA (Sw.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 67. Golden-rumped Grosbeak. _a._ ♀ Tati, October 9, 1874. Iris hazel; bill dirty violet or flesh-colour; legs brown. 166. CRITHAGRA ANGOLENSIS (Gm.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 67. Angola Grosbeak. _a._ ♂ (?) First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 20, 1874. Iris hazel. Shot out of flock. 167. FRINGILLARIA FLAVIVENTRIS (Vieill.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 70. Golden-breasted Bunting. _a._ ♂ Between the Gokwe and Seruli Rivers, October 17, 1873. Iris hazel. _b._ ♂ Semokwe River, October 1873. Iris hazel. _c._ (young bird). Inchlangin, beginning of December 1873. Iris hazel. _d._ First Makalaka kraal, Zambesi road, August 19, 1874. Iris dark hazel. Another I examined like this in plumage was a male. I have seen them much duller in colour, and the black stripes on the head replaced by brown. _e._ ♂ Tati, October 10, 1874. Iris hazel; bill flesh-colour; legs pale brown. 168. FRINGILLARIA CAPENSIS (L.): Sharpe, _t. c._ p. 70. Cape Bunting. _a._ ♂ Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, April 11, 1873. Iris dark hazel. Seeds and fly in stomach. Order COLUMBÆ. 169. TURTUR CAPICOLA, Sund.: Finsch and Hartl., _Vög. Ost-afr._, p. 548. Cape Turtle Dove. _a._ ♂ Mossel Bay, Cape Colony, April 11, 1873. Iris dark hazel. Seeds in stomach. _b._ ♂ Pietermaritzburg, beginning of May 1873. Iris slate-colour (?); legs flesh-colour. _c._ ♀ (?) Between Pretoria and Bamangwato. Iris hazel. 170. CHALCOPELIA AFRA (L.): Finsch and Hartl., _t. c._ p. 554. Emerald-spotted Dove. _a._ Blauw Krans River, Natal, May 22, 1873. Iris chestnut. 171. ŒNA CAPENSIS (L.): Finsch and Hartl., _t. c._ p. 557. Long-tailed African Dove. _a._ ♀ Between Pretoria and Bamangwato, July 1873. Iris dark hazel. _b._ ♂ Near Crocodile River, July 1873. Iris hazel. _c._ ♂ Tati, September 29, 1874. Iris and bill orange; legs lake. Small black seeds in stomach. Order GALLINÆ. Family PTEROCLIDÆ. 172. PTEROCLES GUTTURALIS, Smith: Layard, _B. S. Afr._, p. 279. Yellow-throated Sand-Grouse. _a, b._ ♂, _c._ ♀ Shashe River, where Zambesi road crosses it, north of Tati; coming to the water night and morning, August 17, 1874. Iris hazel; bill and legs dark bluish grey; claws dusky black. A small species of bean and gravel in stomach, which is very muscular.