338 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



white on one side of the head, and only a few white feathers 

 near the eye on the other side, otherwise the specimen is 

 apparently adult. 



71. OrTYGOSPIZA ATRICOLLIS. 



Frinyilla atricollis, Vieill. Eric. Meth. 1823, p. 990, Senegal. 



Amadina lunulata, Temm. MS., Senegal, fide Hartl. Orn. 

 W.-Afr. 1857, p. 148. 



Amadina polyzona, Hartl. torn. cit. p. 118, part, (uec 

 descr.). 



Ortygospiza atricollis, Hartl. torn. cit. p. 274. 



Hab. N.E. and W. Afr. : Bongo, Upper White Nile, 

 Gaboon, Cape Lopez, Casamanse, and Senegal. 



14. HyPOCHERA. „ 



Type. 



1850. Hypochera, Bp. Consp. i. p. 450 . . H. chalybeata. 



I consider the present genus to contain only one species, 

 varying slightly in size and considerably in the gloss, which 

 shades from green, blue, and purple to almost dull black ; but 

 these slight differences do not appear to have any relation to 

 their geographical distribution. 



72. Hypochera chalybeata. 



Black Linnet, Edwards, Gleanings, iii. 1764, p. 323, 

 pi. 362. fig. 1 (good, blue gloss). 



Fringilla chalybeata. P. L. S. Milll. S. N. Suppl. 1776, 

 p. 166 (blue gloss). 



Fringilla nitens, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, ]). 909 (blue gloss). 



Fringilla uliramarina, Gm. tom. cit. p. 927 (i)lue gloss). 



Comba-sou, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 41, pi. 21 (blue 

 gloss). 



Lo.vigilla nitens, Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 441. 



Amadina nitens, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 199. 



Fringilla funereu, De Tarragon, Rev. Zool. 1817, p. 180 

 (purple gloss). 



P/dheterus nitens, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218. 



Hypochera tiitens, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 450. 



Hypochera idtrmnarina, Bp. loc. cit. 



