500 I'LocEiD^;. 



s.t. <S ; u. 9 ad. Cape tloast, Jilaicli {G. E. S. Shelley Coll. 



sk. cV H. T. U.). 



V, u\ c? 2 ad. sk. Gold Coast. Forbes Coll. 



a: $ ad.sk. Wasa, JNIaicli 1872 (II. F. Shelley Coll. 



Blisselt). 



2. Spermospiza guttata. 



Loxia guttata, Vieill. Ois. CJia7it. p. lO^, pi. 68 (1805,= $). 

 Coccothraustes guttata, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. b'.il\ 



(1817). 

 Fringilla pustulata, Voigt {iiec Illiff-), Cm. Thierr. ii. p. 581 (1831). 

 Spermospiza guttata, Terr. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, p. 312; 



Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 138 (1857, pt.) ; Cass. Proc. Phi/ad. Acad. 



Fr 



Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 316. 

 Spermospiza liffimatina, pt., Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 68 (1871) ; 



Oust. N. Arch. Mas. (2) ii. p. 113 (1^79). _^ 

 Spermospiza immaculusa, Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 29. 



Adult male. Similar to 8. hematina, but distinguished by the 

 red markings on the bill and face, and especially by Ihc brilliant 

 crimson of the lower rump and upper tail-coverts : " bill dark blue 

 with red edges ; feet black ; soles yellow ; iris carmine-red ; eye- 

 lid white " {Eeichenow). Total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 2-7, tail 2, tarsus 0-8. 



In a young bird, according to Dr. Keiehenow, the bill was " dark 

 blue, with yellowish-brown margins, the feet black or greenish 

 Elate-colour, and the iris dark." 



AduU female. Similar to the female of 8. hcematina, but also 

 distinguished by the bright crimson of the lower rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, total length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-G, wing 2-65, 

 tail 1-8, tarsus 0-85. 



JIab. West Africa from Camcroons to the Congo. 



a, b. (S ; c, d- 5 Gaboon. Sharpe Coll. 



ad. sk. 



e,f. d 2 ad. sk. Gaboon (Dti Chaillu). Tweeddale Coll. 



ff, h. (i ; i. $ad. Gaboon. Shelley Coll. 



sk. 



k. 5 ad. sk. Landana, Congo (i. PeiiiJ. Shellev Coll. 



3. Spermospiza rubricapilla. (Plate XV.) 

 Spermospiza rubricajiilla, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 30. 



Adult female (type of species). Similar to the female of S. hcema- 

 tina, but differing in the whole of the head being rich crimson, as 

 well as the sides of the face : " bill bluish black, the cutting-edges 

 and tip vermilion ; feet dusky brown; iris dusky umber" (Emin 



