no Dr. R. B. Sharpe ow « 



1. Urobrachya axillaris (Smith) ; Shelley^ B. Afr. i. 

 p. 24 (1896). 



Penthetria axillaris Sliarpe^ ed. LayarcVs B. S. Africa, 

 p. 461. 



No. 37. S jiiv. Mapicuti, Sept 16, 1898. 

 No. 49. S juv. „ ,, 20, 1898. 



2. Pyromelana oryx (Linn.) ; Sharpc, t. c. p. 462; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. i. p. 25. 



No. 30. <S jwv. Mapicuti, Sept. 16, 1898. 



3. Pyromelana taha (Smith); Sharpe, t. c. p. 465; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. i. p. 25. 



Nos. 36, 37. S ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898. 



4. Spermestes nigriceps Cass. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 28. 

 Spermestes rvfodorsaJis Peters ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 



S. Afr. p. 456. 



No. 55. (? ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1899. 



5. Lagonostica niveiguttata (Peters) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 274. 



Hypar(jus niveiguttatus Sharpe, ed. Layard^s B. S. Afr. 

 p. 477 ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 32. 



Nos. 32, 38. c? ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 16,17,1898. Iris 

 brown ; bill, legs, and eyelids blue. 



6. Lagonosticta rubricata (Licht.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 475 ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 31. 



No. 48. cJ imm. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898. Iris dark 

 brown ; bill and legs blue. 



7. Estrilda cavendishi, sp. nov. 



E. sirailis E. astrild, sed ubique saturatior, pileo saturate 

 plumbescenti-brunneo, concolore : fascia oculari saturate 

 coccinea : facie laterali sordide cinerascente : corpore 

 subtus laete coccineo adumbrato. Long. tot. 4*0 poll., 

 culm. 0"35, aloe 1*8, caudie 1*9, tarsi 0*6. 

 No. 24. cJ. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Bill red; iris 

 brown. 



This specimen differs from all other examples in our large 

 series of Estrilda astrild in being very dark in colour, the 



