308 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



9. PlIILET^RUS CABANISI. 



Niyrita cabanisi, Fischer & Reichen. J. £. O. 1884, p. 54, 

 Pare in Masai (type exam.). 

 Hab. E. Afr., Pare. 



10. Philet^.rus arnaudi. 



" Niyrita arnaudi, Pucheran, MS. Paris Mus. ; " Bp. Consp. 

 i. 1850, p. 444, White Nile; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pi. 20. 



Hab. N.E. & E. Afr., between 10° N. lat., and 3° S. lat., 

 from the White Nile to Masai-land. 



«, ^ . March, Lado. b. April, Wasonerbor [Shelley 

 Mus.) . 



3. Spermestes. 

 1837. Spermestes, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. Type. 



p. 201 ;S^. cucullatus. 



1861. Amaurestes, Reichb. Singvog. p. 86, 



pi. 44. fig. 322 S. frinyilloides. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger. Wing more than 2-2 inches long. 

 Head and neck black. Mantle and wings 

 brown, with a few white streaks on the wing- 

 coverts U.S. frinyilloules. 



h. Smaller. Wing less than 2 inches long. With 

 no white streaks on the wing-coverts. 

 h^. Mantle and quills earthy brown, with a 



metallic green patch on the shoulders .... 12. & cucullatus. 

 c\ Mantle chestnut. Quills black, partially 



barred with white 13. S. rnfodorsalis. 



d^. Head, neck, and mantle unifcrm black. 

 d^. Quills and rump strongly barred with 



white 14. S. poeus 



e^. Quill and rump uniform black, the former 

 occasionally marked with a few white 

 spots 15. S. hicolor. 



11. Spermestes fringilloides. 



Ploceus frinyilloides, Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1835, pi. 48. 

 Amadina frinyilloides. Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 370. 



