3o6 — 



4. — Spermospiza haematina pustui.ata. 



Fringilla pustulata Voigt, Cuv. Thierr., I, 1831, p. 581 : 

 Malimba, French Congo. 



Range. — S. Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon, Rio Muni, Congo- 

 mouth, North Belgian Congo. 



5. — Spermospiza ruficapilt,.-\. 



Shei.i.ey, p. Z. s., 1888, p. 30 : Bellima, Equatorial At'rica. 



Range. — Uganda^ North Belgian Congo, Northern Angola ('). 



6. — Spermospiza poi.iogenys. 



Speriiiospiza poliogenys Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C, XIX, 

 p. 32 : Fort Béni, Semliki Valley. 



Range. — Semliki Vallev, Uelle River and Upper Congo 

 Districts, N. Belgian Congo. 



The genus Spermospiza was reviewed hv Pr Neumank in ihe 

 Jour, fur Orn., 1910, pp. 522-525, where he proposed a différent 

 arrangement to that which I hâve adopted above. Neumann had 

 not then such an extensive séries from which to draw his conclu- 

 sions as T hâve now, and I think he will agrée with me that 

 certain modifications hâve become necessarv. Neumann enume- 

 rated ail the forms which I deal with hère, but throagh lack of 

 sufficient material he made ail subspecies of S. haeiiiatiiia haema- 

 tina^ a course which I consider te be wrong. 



It will be seen that I treat leonina, tugoensis, and pustulata 

 (the last named '^'exiU.K^v.' % guttata) as subspecies oi haematina. 



') The birJ fiom N Angola may be separable when a laiger séries are available. 



