25. PTTELIA. 301 



1. Pytelia phcenicoptera. 



Pvtelia phcsuicoptera, Swains. B. W. Aft: i. p. 1^03, pi. IG (1837) ; 

 'Bp. Cuiisp. i. p. 4G2 (1850); Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. pp. 145,274 



(1857) ; Eeichenb. Situjv. p. 25, Taf. vii. fig. (w (1861) ; Antin. Cat. 



descn: Ucc. p. 73 (1864); Hmgl. J. f. O. 1864, p. 248; id. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. i. p. 622 (1870) ; Rekhen.'J. f. O. 1875, p. 42 ; Shelley, 



Ibis, 1886, p. 321 ; id. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 31. 

 Estrekla erythroptera. Less. Echo dii Mondes Sav. 1844, p. 295 ; id. 



Bescr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 343 (1847). 

 Estrelda plioenicoptera, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 369 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 5.3, no. 6732 (1870). 

 Zouogastris pLoenicoptera, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 172, note (1850) ; 



Hevyl. J.f. 0. 1868, p. 20. 



Adult. General colour above ash)' brown with a slight wash of 

 crimson, a little more distinct on the scapulars ; lower back, rump, 

 and upper tail-coveris dark crimson ; lesser wing-coverts brighter 

 and more vermilion ; median and greater coverts ashy brown, with 

 vermilion edges ; bastard-wing, primarj'-coverts, and quills dusky 

 brown margined with dull vermilion, the inner secondaries entirely 

 ashy brown ; centre tail-feathers dark crimson, the remainder blackish, 

 externally dark crimson ; crown of head and hind neck rather lighter 

 ashy than the back ; base of forehead, lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, throat, sides of neck, and fore neck clearer and more hoary 

 grey, the latter with some narrow whitish cross lines, slightly visible 

 also on the tliroat ; chest and remainder of under surface light ashy 

 grey, barred with white, these bars more distinct on the lower 

 breast and abdomen, the dusky bars browner ; lower abdomen and 

 vent white ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs barred with dusky 

 brown and white ; under tail-coverts dusky brown with some white 

 bars near the ends of the feathers ; under wing-coverts and axil- 

 laries white, the edge of the wing vermilion ; quills below dusky, 

 ashy brown along the inner edge : " bill black : feet pale brown : 

 iris red '' {Emin Pasha). Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 045, 

 wing 2-2, tail 1-35, tarsus 1-3. 



The specimen from Lado differs from the Gambiau bird in having 

 the under wing- coverts barred with ashy, but as slight traces of 

 similar bars can be traced in the former bird, these differences are 

 probably only due to age. The dimensions are the same, but the 

 bill is a little stouter in the Lado example. 



ffab. From Seuegambia to the Upper ±^ile regions and Equatorial 

 Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. River Gambia. Purchased. 



b. S ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Afiica, Aug. 16. Emiu Pasha [P.J. 



2. Pjrtelia lineata. 



Fringilla (PvteHa) lineata, Hem/l. Syst. Uelers. p. 40 (1856, descr. 



nulla). 

 Pytelia lineata, Marti. Orn. Westafr. p. 146, note (1857); Heugl. 



J. f. O. 1863, p. 17 (descr, orig.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 321. 



