344 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on 



Nos. 769, 847, 848, 868, 869, 882. c? ? ad. ct imm. Efu- 

 len. May 1902 to July 1905. 



Nos. 1238. ? imm.; 1494-, 1524, 1531, 1567. ^ ? ad. et 

 imm. River Ja, Jan. to April 1906. 



No. 2305. (J ; 2306, 2409. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, March 

 1907. 



EsTRILDA NONNULA. 



Estrilda nonnvla (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 400 (1890) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 188 (1904). 



Nos. 280, 540, 602, 579, 1301, 1445, 1471, 1523, 1541, 

 1544. c? ? ad. et imm. River Ja, Jan. 1903 to March 1906. 

 "Osaoze.^' 



Nos. 2378, 2393. c?; 2427. ? ad. Bitje, River Ja, March, 

 April 1907. 



Spor^ginthus melpodus. 



SjJoi-fByinthus melpodus (Vieill.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. xiii. p. 325 (1890). 



Estrilda melpoda Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 186 

 (1904). 



No. 858. S ad. Efulen, Dec. 16, 1902, to July 1905. 

 " Osanze." 



Nos. 665, 15] 6, 1517, 1694. S ? ad. River Ja, June 11, 

 1904, to May 1906. 



Nos. 2180, 2421, 2422. S ad. et imm.; 2428, 2447. ? ad. 

 Bitje, River Ja, Jan. to April 1907. 



The female bird differs from the males in the Museum in 

 having the grey head washed slightly with brown, also in 

 having the crimson of the rump duller, and the orange 

 colour on the face much paler. 



Spermestes poensis. 



Spermestes poensis (Fraser) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 262 (1890) ; Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 152 (1904). 



Nos. 765, 840, 846, 854. S ? ad. et juv. Efulen, Dec. 9, 

 1902, to July 1905. " Egile.'' 



One of the December specimens is just beginning to moult 

 from a brown plumage into the black dress, while the other 

 is in full plumage. The male killed in March has nearly 

 completed his moult from the brown dress. 



