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b. Ad.; c. Jiiv. sk. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e, f. Ad. ; g. Juv. 

 sk. 



A. Ad. sk. 

 i. Ad. sk. 

 A;. Ad. ; /. Juv. 



sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 w, 0, p. Ad. sk. 

 y. Ad. sk. 

 r. Ad. sk. 

 s. Ad. sk. 

 t. Juv. sk. 

 u. Juv. sk. 

 1'. Ad. sk. 

 w. Ad. sk. 

 J'. Ad. sk. 

 y. (S ad. sk. 



Iliver Gambia. 



Bathurst, (iambia River (Z. 



iMijlaize). 

 Asliantee. 



Elmina {H. F. BUssctf). 

 Elmina, April (H. F. Blissett). 

 Cape Coast Castle, Veh. and 



March {6^. E. S.). 

 F'autee {H. T. Ussher). 

 Accra. 



Accra, April {J. Smith). 

 River Volta (i/. T. Uss/ier). 

 River Volta (H. T. Ussher). 

 Lokoja, R. Niger ( W. A. F). 

 Caiieroons. 

 Gaboon (Du Chnilln). 

 Gaboon {Du Chaillu). 

 Landana, Congo (Z. rdit). 

 Rimo, Equatorial Africa, 



Aug. 2(5 {Fmin Pasha). 



6. Spermestes scutata. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Cull. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Forbe.s Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Coccothraustes scutatus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 39 {descr. nulla). 

 Spermestes cucullata {tier Swains.), Montcint, Ibis, 18(52, p. 3.35; 



Mart/. P. Z. S. 18f5.% p. 106 ; Pi4ers, J.f. O. 1«63, p. 401 : Scl. 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 110 ; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 826; SpvrliiH,, Ibis, 



1868, p. 290; Heuyl. J.f. O. 1SG2, p. 1 ; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 



p. 592 (1870), iv. App. p. cxxxv (lrt71); Salvad. Atti R. Accad. 



Torino, v. p. 743 (1870) ; Finsch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 436 



(1870) ; Sharjje, Cat. Afr. B. p. 64 (1871, pt.) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 



1873, p. 715 ; E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 299 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 



1879, p. 677 ; Cab. J.f. O. 1878, p. 230 ; Fischer ^ Beichen. t. c. 



p. 266 ; Shellei/, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 687 ; Bocage, Orn. Atigola, p. 350 



(1881, pt.); Bohm, J.f. O. 1883, p. 184; Fischer, Zeitsckr. yes. 



Orn. i. p. 323 (1884) ; /(/. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 136 ; Salvad. Ann. Miis. 



Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 179 (1884); Schalow, J.f. O. 1887, p. 242; 



W. Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 60 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 309 (pt.) ; Milne- 



Edioards 8f Oust. N. Arch. Mus. (2) x. p. 272 (1889). 

 Spermestes scutatus, Heiu/l. J. f. O. 1863, p. 18; Cab. in Von dcr 



Deckens Reis. iii. p. 30 (1869); 

 Amadina, sp., Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 321. 

 Estrelda cucullata (nee Swains.), Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 162, 1868, 



p. 46. 



Adtdt male. Similar io S. cucullata, but distinguished by the want 

 of the metallic green on the sides of the body, which have only a 

 blackish patch. Total length 3-6 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-9, 

 tail 1'2, tarsus 0-5. 



Young. Different from the adults. General colour above choco- 

 late-brown ; wing-coverts and quills dusky brown, edged with dull 

 reddish brown ; upper tail-covorts rather more dusky brown than 

 the back ; tail-feathers blackish ; crown of head and sides of face 

 and car-coverts dusky brown, inclining to sooty black ; cheeks and 

 throat more ashy brown : remainder of under surface of body pale 



