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that Cassin's P. personatus from Monrovia might be refe- 

 rable to this species. 



Capt. Shelley (on the Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region , 

 Ibis 1886, p. 313, 314) unites all the four known spe- 

 cies of Pyrenestes under one head (P. ostrinus), declaring 

 to be unable to account for the considerable variations 

 which are met with in this genus. The material in our Mu- 

 seum , though of little importance , do not allow me to adhere 

 to this opinion. With regard to the larger size of the bill 

 {ostrinus), which is believed by Capt. Shelley to be due 

 to age only , it would be strange that nor I nor Mr. 

 Stampfli, who collected in different localities , found amongst 

 the many specimens a single one with a more than usually 

 developed bill. Certainly I will not fail after my arrival 

 in Liberia, to pay due attention to this question. 



79. Sperme stes fringilloides (Lafr.). 



Amauresthes fringilloides, Butt. 1. c. p. 201. 

 Collected in different localities. 



80. Spermestes cucullatus , Sw. 



Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 147. 

 Several specimens (ad. and juv.), Monrovia and Junk River. 



81. Spermestes bic o I or (Eras.). 

 Butt. 1. c. p. 202. 

 Several specimens (ad. and juv.), Monrovia and Junk River. 



82. Nigrita canicapilla (Strickl.). 



Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. p. 130. 



1 specimen, Schieffeliusville (Junk R.). 

 »Iris red, bill and feet black." 



83. Nigrita hicolor (Hartl,). 



Butt. 1. c. p. 194. 

 1 specimen, collected on the grave-yard near Monrovia. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. "VIII. 



