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head being a dull leaden-brown, almost blackish in ap- 

 pearance, not grey, and not showing any vermiculations. 

 The back and the under surface of the body are much darker 

 than in E. astrild, and the barring on the flanks is much 

 coarser and more heavily indicated, while at the same time 

 the crimson on the breast and on the eye-streak is much 

 richer. 



8. EsTRiLDA ANGOLENSis (L.) ; Sharpc, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 402. 



Uraginthus cyanogaster (Daud.); Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 

 S. Afr. p. 473. 



Granatina angolensis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 29. 



No. 23. c? ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Iris red ; bill 

 mauve. 



9. Spor,eginthus subflavus (V.) j Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 324. ' 



Estrilda suhflava Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 4G9 ; 

 Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 30. 



No. 8. imm. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1898. 



10. Hyphantornis jamesoni Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 447 (1890). 



No. 52. ^ ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898. 



11. Petronia petronella (Licht.) ; Sharpp, t. c. p. 481. 

 Petronia flavigula (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 19. 

 No. 35. S' Mapicuti, Sept. 17, 1898. 



12. Macronyx croceus (V.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 13. 

 Macronyx striolatus, Sharpe, t. c. p. 532. 



No. 3. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 11, 1898. 



13. CiNNYRis GUTTURALis (L.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 311. 

 Chalcomitra gutturalis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 4. 

 Nos. 33, 39. J ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 16^ 17, 1898. 



14. CiNNYRis KiRKi (Shellcy). 



No. 31. S ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 11, 1898. Iris brown. 

 The metallic forehead is much more bronzy in specimens 

 from south of the Zambesi river, those from East Africa 



