330 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Hah. E. and S. Afr. : southward from Ngaruk in Masai- 

 land, about 4° S. lat., to the Transvaal, and from thence to 

 Great Namaqua, Damara, and Lake Ngami. 



«, S . November, Omaruru. h, <5 . July, Objimbinque. 

 c, ?. July, Damara (/SAe//e?/ ilf2/6\) . The female only differs 

 in being slightly duller than the male. 



52. ESTRELDA CHARMOSINA. 



Habropyga charmosina, Reichen. J. f. O. 18S1, p. 333, 

 Berbera. 



Hah. E. Afr. : Berbera, about 10° N. lat. 



53. EsTRELDA ATRICAPILLA. (Plate IX. fig. 1.) 



Estrelda atrkapilla, J. &E. Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1851, 

 p. 421, Gaboon. 



Hah. W. Afr. : confined to the Gaboon. 



54. Estrelda nonnula. 



Astrilda nonmda, Hartl. J. f. O. 1883, p. 435, Kudurma 

 (Emin Bey) . 



Hah. E. Afr. : Upper White Nile, south of 5° N. lat. 



55. Estrelda capistrata. 



Pytelia capistrata, Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 259, Bissao. 



Hah. W. Afr., Bissao. 



Note. This species is only known to me by Dr. Hartlaub^s 

 following original description : — " Supra olivaceo-viridis; 

 capite, collo corporeque subtus cinereis ; gula circurascripte 

 nigra; rostro nigro. Long, circa ^K" 



56. Estrelda dufresnii. 



Fringilla dufresnii, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 181, Hab. ? 



Fringilla erythronotus, Teram. MS., Vieill. t. c. p. 243, 

 CafFraria. 



Fringilla melatwtis, Temm. PI. Col. 1823, pi. 221. fig. 1. 



Estrelda neisna, Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 48 (no descr.), 

 Caffraria. 



Estrelda melanoiis, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 368. 



Estrelda dufresnii, Gray & Mitchell, t. c. p. 369. 



