320 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Estrelda elegans, Riipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, p. 101. 



Estrelda speciosa, Des Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss. 

 1845-50, p. 173. 



Estrelda melba, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B..ii. 1849, p. 369. 



Pytelia melba, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 461. 



Zonogastris elegans, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 172. 



Pytelia citerior, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 151. 



Marquetia elegans, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 48, pi. 18. 

 figs. 159, 160. 



Zonogastris citerior, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 19, 



Zonogastris melba, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 138. 



Hab. The whole of Africa south from about 16° N. lat., 

 with the exception of tropical West Africa between the 

 Gaboon and Casamanse. 



The northern and southern forms have frequently been 

 separated under the titles of P. citerior and P. melba, but 

 the characters are not, I consider, sufficiently constant and 

 well marked. 



a, ^ . August, Kuro [Jesse), b. May, Lado [Emin Bey). 

 c, ? . October, Bamangwato. d, ^ . September, Matabele. 

 e, ^ juv. June. /, ^ - December, Damara [Shelley Mus.). 



33. Pytilia afra. 



Fringilla afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 905; Vieill. N. D. 

 xii. 1817, p. 243 (type exam.). 



Estrelda afra. Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 369. 



Pytelia afra, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 462. 



Pytelia melba, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 442 (part.). 



Pytelia wieneri. Buss, Gef. Welt. August 1877, p. 317; 

 Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 40, pi. 47. fig. 2. 



Pytelia cinereigula. Cab. Orn. Centralbl. December 1877, 

 p. 182, Mombas (type exam.) . 



Hab. E. and W. Afr. : Zanzibar Province from Lamu to 

 Dar-es-Salaam, and from Angola to Landana. 



a, ^ . March, Landana [Shelley Mus.) . 



34. Pytilia hypogrammica. 



Pytelia hypogrammica, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 56, Fan tee 

 (type exam.). 



