41. ESTEILDA. 399 



7. Estrilda charmosyna. 



Habropyga charmosyna, Reichen. J. f. 0. 1881, p. 333 ; Fischer, 



Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 325 (18S4). 

 Estrelda charmosj'iia, Hhelley, Ibis, 18SG, p. 330. 



Adult. Pale vinaceous, gre^'ish on the upper surface ; head, neck, 

 back, and throat obscurely barred ; forehead whitish ; sides of head 

 black, edged with white below ; rump and upper tail-coverts red ; 

 under tail-coverts white ; tail-feathers and inner secondaries barred 

 with black and white ; quills dusky ; tail graduated and black : 

 bill dusky lead-colour ; feet black. Total length -I'S inches, cul- 

 meu 0-3, wing 2, tail 2-25, {Rsicheaow.) 



Hah. Eerdera, E. Africa. 



8. Estrilda nigrimentum. 



Estrelda nigriineutum, Salvad. Ann. Mas. Genov. (2) vi. p. 281 (1888). 



Adult. Similar to E. cliannosyna, but larger and with the chin 

 black : the cheeks black behind and below, margined with white ; 

 the reddish vinous colour of the under surface brighter and the 

 under tail-coverts distinctly banded {Salvadori). 



Hah. Shoa. 



9. Estrilda atricapilla. 



Estrelda atricapilla, J. ^- E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, 

 p. 421; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 141 (1857); Cass. Proc. rhilad. 

 Acad. 1859, p. 138; Hartl. J.f. O. 1861, p. 258; Grai/, Hand-l. 

 B. ii. p. 50, no. 6697 (1870); Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 41; 

 Shelleg, Ibis, 1886, p. 330. 



Adult. General colour above dark cindery grey, the back barred 

 with wavy cross lines of black ; the lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts light scarlet ; scapulars and wing-coverts like the back, 

 and similarly barred ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 black, the inner secondaries barred externally with ashy grey and 

 black ; tail black ; crown black, separated from the barred back by 

 a collar of cindery grey ; sides of face and chin ashy white, shading 

 off into the cindery grey of the lower throat and breast ; the lower 

 abdomen blackish, as also the thighs and under tail-coverts ; sides of 

 breast and flanks bright scarlet ; under wiug-coverts and axillaries 

 ashy whitish ; quills blackish below, ashy along the inner web. 

 Total length 3-7 inches, culmen 0'35, wing I'S, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-o5. 



Young. Much more diugy than the adults, with the scarlet on the 

 back and rump much duller ; underneath dark cindery grey, with 

 scarcely any scarlet on the flanks. 



Hah. W. Africa from Cameroons to Gaboon, 



«, b, c. Ad. sk. Gaboon (Du Chaillu). 



d. Ad. sk. Elver Danger, Gaboon (if. T. Atisell). Shelley Coll. 



e. Ad. sk. Gaboon. M.^'erreaux. 

 /. Ad. St. Gaboon. M. Verreaux. 

 g. Ad. sk. Ciimeroous. Sharpe Coll. 



