138 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP 



148. Pyrenestes coccineus, Cassin. 



Pyrenestes coccineus, Ca9sin, Proc. Acad. Philada. 1848, p. 67. 



Jour. Acad. Philada. i. pi. 30, fig. 2. 



Specimens generally in young plumage. There are also in the present col- 

 lection two specimens evidently in quite immature plumage, which have the 

 bills so much weaker that I suspect they belong to a different species. 



From the Camma and formerly from the Moonda. 



149. ESTRELDA. RUBRIVENTRIS, (Vieillot). 



Fringilla rubriventris, Vieill. 



Estrelda occideotalis, Jardine and Frazer, Cont. Orn. 1851, p. 156? 

 Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 13. 

 Several specimens in adult plumage from the Camma and Ogobai. 



150. Estrelda melpoda, (Vieillot). 



Fringilla melpoda, Vieill. 

 Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. 7. 

 Numerous specimens from the Camma, and formerly from Cape Lopez. 



151. Estrelda atricapilla, J. & E. Verreaux. 



Estrelda atricapilla, Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, p. 421. 

 From the Camma, and formerly from the Muni and Moonda. 



152. Spermestes poensis, (Fraser). 



Amadina poensis, Fraser, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1842, p. 145. 

 Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 50, fig. 1. 



Frequently received in Mr. Duchaillu's collections. From the Camma, and 

 formerly from the Moonda. 



153. Spermestes cucdllata, Swainson. 



Spermestes cucullata, Sw. B. of W. Afr., i. p. 201. 

 Von Miiller, Beitr. Orn. Afr. pi. 16. 



Numerous specimens from the Ogobai and Rembo, and formerly from the 

 Moonda and Cape Lopez. 



154. Ortygospiza atricollis, (Vieillot). 



Fringilla atricollis, Vieill. 



Fringilla polyzona, Temm. PI. Col. 221, fig. 3? 

 Specimens from the Camma, like others formerly received from Cape Lopez, 

 have no trace of white on the throat nor around the eyes, though in all respects 

 they agree precisely with Vieillot's description cited above. In seven speci- 

 mens in the Acad Coll. labelled " F. polyzona, Temm. Gambia," the white 

 markings are invariably present as represented in Temm. PI. Col. 221, fig. 3. 



155. Fringillaria tahapisi, (Smith). 



" Emberiza tahapisi, A. Smith." Mr. Verreaux's label. 



Entire plumage dull brownish black except the upper tail coverts which are 

 brick red, and a few feathers on the throat and breast which are scarlet. 



Total length about bh inches, wing 2f, tail 2\ inches. Female rather 

 smaller. 



Hab. Equatorial Africa. Rivers Moonda and Camma. (Mr. Duchaillu). 



The adult males of these two species are easily distinguished by the chin, 

 cheeks, and upper tail coverts being black in the first, and scarlet in the second 

 species, though they are very similar in size and general appearance. The 

 young males also are much alike, but that of S. guttata may always be recog- 

 nized by the upper tail coverts being dull red. The females are more difficult 

 to distinguish, both having the upper tail coverts scarlet or red in all ages. In 

 the female of . hamatina, the red color of the cheeks frequently extends over 

 the frontal feathers, completely inclosing the base of the bill, which characters 

 I have never seen in that of S. guttata. 



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