682 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 



The immature male resembles the female, but the entire 

 under parts are greyish, washed with olive on the chest 

 and sides, and there are one or two rather faintly marked 

 twin-spot feathers visible on the middle of the breast and 

 belly. 



I may here remark that, as pointed out by Captain Shelley 

 [Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 30 (1903)], Hartlaub, in addition to 

 the Estrelda nitidula mentioned above, described an entirely 

 different bird under the name Lagonosticta nitidula [Bull. 

 Mus. Belg. iv. p. 145, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1886)]. Capt. Shelley 

 has renamed the latter bird Hypargus harterti, but as the two 

 species belong to totally different genera both Hartlaub's 

 names ought to be retained. The character said to dis- 

 tinguish the genus Hypargus from Pytelia and Lagonosticta 

 is the attenuated extremity of the first primary quill. 



19. Neisna kilimensis Sharpe. 

 Neisna kilimensis Reich, iii. p. 205. 

 a. Ad. Nairobi, 20th May, 1902. 



20. EsTRILDA .MINOR (Cab.). 



Estrilda astrild minor Reich, iii. p. 180. 



a. Imm. Nairobi, 28th May, 1902. (No. 215.) 



21. Sycobrotus insignis Sharpe. 

 Ploceus insignis Reich, iii. p. 36. 



a. [ ? ] ad. Nairobi, 3rd June, 1902. (No. 298.) 



b. [ ? ] ad. Kikuyu Forest, 29th June, 1902. (No. 340.) 

 This species was originally described by Dr. Sharpe 



from a female obtained on Mt. Elgon by Mr. F. J. Jackson 

 ('Ibis,' 1891, p. 117, pi. v. fig. 1). The type-specimen in 

 the British Museum has the yellow on the under parts con- 

 tinued on to the throat, as is also the case in a second female 

 from Nandi obtained in June by Mr. Percival. In both these 

 examples the throat is black. This appears to me to be the 

 fully adult plumage. In a male, obtained at Eldoma Ravine 

 in May, the feathers on the throat are black edged with 

 yellow, shewing an intermediate stage of plumage. 



