IN WESTERN LIBERIA. 201 



cyan-blue, in females and young birds dark steel-blue, 

 feet olive-brown. 



Pytelia schlegeli. 



Fytelia schlegeli, Sharpe, Ibis 1870, p. 482, pi. 14 , fig. 

 2 & 3 (adult male and young). 



Hab. Liberia and Gold Coast. 



An adult female , collected at Robertsport. 



Shot in brushwood, covering an old farm, the 14^11 of 

 December. 



This example , although the only one met with in Li- 

 beria, will add somewhat to the knowledge of this exceed- 

 ingly rare species. As the specimen , described by Mr. 

 Sharpe as the female , is no doubt a young bird , I will 

 adjoin here the description of the adult female. 



The upper surface is olive-green , the rump somewhat 

 brighter, but not golden brown as in the male, face 

 ochraceous , throat and chest gray , tinged with olive- 

 green, breast, sides of abdomen and flanks exactly like 

 those of the adult male, centre of abdomen and thighs 

 ashy gray , vent and under tail-coverts olive-green. 



Iris dark brown , bill blackish blue at base , tip of both 

 and greatest part of lower mandible rose- color , feet grayish 

 flesh-color. 



Amauresthes fringilloides. 



Ploceus fringilloides, Lafi.-. Mag. de Zool. 1835, pi. 48. 



Amadina (Spermestes) fringilloides , Hartl. Orn. W. Afr. 

 p. 147. 



Amauresthes fringilloides , F. & Hartl. Vög, 0. Afr. p. 434. 



Hab. West- and East Coast of tropical Africa (Senegal , 

 Gambia, Liberia, Gaboon). 



Collected with nests and eggs at Robertsport. 



The adult female does not differ from the male; young 

 specimens are uniform brown. 



Notes from, the Leyclen JMuseiim, Vol. VII. 



