504 rLocEin-T). 



a. 2 ad. sk. Mombasa, E. Africa (l^ev. T. E. B. Shni-pe, Esq. 



IVakeJie/d). [P.]- 



b,c. c? $ ad. Ilabari river, Kilimanjaro district, F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



sk. Jau. [P-]- , 



d. J ad. sk. Pangaiii River. (Sir J. Kill). Shelley Coll. 



e-f-6;(J-2 hamu {Sir J. KirJi). Shelley Coll. 



ad. sk. 



3. Amblyospiza melanonota. 



CoiTphegnatluis melaiiotus, mti>)l. J. f. O. 18C3, pp. 21, 16,3 ; Pelz. 



terh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxx. pp. 152, C73 (1881), xxxii. p. 508 



(1882). 

 Pyrenestes frontalis (nee Swains.), Hevffl. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 36o. 

 Corvphegnathus alhifrons (nee Vif/.), Hevgl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 



p! m\ (1870), iv. p. exxxv (1871). 

 Pyrenestes nielanotis, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 40, no. 0G84 (1870). 

 Amljlyospiza albifrous (wee Vig.), Hartl. AbhancU. nat. Ver. Bremen, 



Tii. p. 101 (1881). 

 Amblyospiza melanotis, Hartl. AbhamU. nat. Ver. Bremen, via. 



p. 221 (1882) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 4(3. 



Adult male. Similar to A. albifrons, but easily distinguished by its 

 rafous head, with a shade of chestnut oversijrcadiug the mantle ; 

 sides of face, sides of neck, and entire throat and fore neck rufous ; 

 hreast and abdomen blacker than in A. albifrons : " iris brown " 

 (Emin). Total length 7 inches, culmen O-li, wing 3-8, tail 2-6, 

 tarsus 0"85. 



Hab. "White Nile districts to Equatorial Africa. 



a b. (S ad. sk. Magimgo, Equatorial Africa, March, Shelley Coll. 

 Nov. {Emin Pasha). 



4. Amblyospiza capitalba. 



Coryphegnathus capitalbus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 451 (1850) ; lieichenb. 

 Singv. p. 51 (1861). 



Pyrenestes capitalbus, mail. J.f. 0. 1855, p. 361 ; id. Orn. W.-Afr. 

 p. 141 (1857) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 40, no. 0682 (1870) ; Sharpe, 

 His, 1872, p. 72 ; Ussher, His, 1874, p. 70 ; Beiche?i. J.f. 0. 1877, 

 p. 22 ; Sharpe ^' Bouviei; Bull. Soc. ZooL France, i. p. 40 (1876) ; 

 Bocaeje, Orn. Angola, pp. 350, 5.09 (1881). 



Amblyospiza capitalbus, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 46. 



Adult male. General colour above black, with a slight shade of 

 ashy ; wings and tail black, with a conspicuous white base to the 

 primaries, forming a large speculum ; head and hind neck, sides of 

 face, sides of neck, throat and fore neck bright chestnut, with a 

 broad white band across the forehead and lores ; remainder of the 

 under surface of body pale slaty grey M'ith sandy-buff margins to 

 the feathers, especially distinct on the thighs and under tail-coverts : 

 "bill blackish; feet leaden grey" {A. Beichenoiv). Total length 

 5'8 inches, culmen 0-85, wing 3-8, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-75. 



