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same countrv together with S. haeinatina pu.stulata ^ may be distin- 

 guished at a glance from the maies of haematina and sub- 

 species. 



II. — With thc head scailet. 



S. luficapilla has the entire head and neck and cheeks scarlet. 



S. paliogenys has only the crown and cheeks scarlet, the deep 

 bine of the back and mantle extending on to the nape and hind 

 crown. 



The feniale of S. ruficapilla has a grey back and scarlet head. 



The female of S. polwgeii\s has a steel bliie-grev back and a 

 grev head. 



I hâve spécimens of both species from Poko on the Uelle River 

 (Christy coll.) and spécimens of S. h. pustulata from the Ariiwhimi 

 River (Mrs Jameson coll.) and from Mobbai or Mobaye, Uelle 

 River (B. Alexander coll.) Professor Neumann will I think agrée 

 with me that ruficapilla , poliog eny s ■àwà pustulata cannot theretore 

 ail be considered geographical races of liaeniaiiua. 



When describing the maie of 5. poliogenys Ogii.vie-Grant for 

 the first time (Bull. B. O. C, vol. XL, 19 19, p. 9) I foUowed 

 Ogii.vie-Grant and kept the bird as a distinct species, a course 

 which now appears to hâve been correct. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus ostrinus. 



Loxia ostriiia V^ieili,., Ois. Chant., 1805, p. 79- — Type locality : 

 Africa. 



There is in both the British and Tring Muséums one undoubted 

 adult maie spécimen of F. ostrinus ostrinus, both spécimens 

 obtained by Robin Kemp at Agoulerie (S. Nigeria) in August. 

 Thev hâve the large bill characteristic of this species, but the bill 

 is not quite so large as in the other three maie spécimens which I 

 hâve examined from Northern Nigeria. The bird obtained at Agou- 

 lerie in August bv Kemp is almost inséparable from P. 0. roth- 

 schildi proving that Agoulerie is the meeting ground of the two 



