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Sporaeginthus subflanus clarkf.i. 



Coccopygia c/arket Shei,i.e\ , Bull. B. O. C, XIII, 1903, p. 75. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Natal. 



Range. — Représentée! in the British Muséum from Kenya 

 Colonv, Nvasaland. PortugueseEast Africa, Northern and Southern 

 Rhodesia, Transvaal and Natal. 



Disti}iguisliing characters. — Differs from the West African 

 bird in having the underparts pale vellow without the bright 

 orange of the typical species. 



ESTRILDA MELPODA. 



Fringilla melpoda Vieill., Nouv. Dict., XII, 1817, p. 177. — 

 Tvpe locality : West Africa. 



In S. Nigeria Mr Lowe shot three of thèse little birds at Iju 

 near Lagos in December and Januarv, while Roiun Kemp obtained 

 a séries of the Orange-cheeked Waxbill at Agoulerie in May, 

 june, Julv and August. 



From Northern Nigeria we hâve examples from Lokoja and 

 Shonga (Forbes) from Ibi ; Kunkeru and the neighbourhood of 

 Lake Chad (B. Alexander). 



Range. — Vieillots Orange-cheeked Waxbill has a wide 

 range : we hâve spécimens from Gambia, Portuguese Guinea 

 Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Northern and Southern Nigeria, 

 Cameroon, and Gaboon to the mouth of the Congo. It extends 

 through the Belgian Congo as far East as Lake Tanganvika. 



Observation. — In the very large séries before me there does 

 not appear to be any variation in colour except amongst birds 

 from the same localily, birds shot in the same place sometimes 

 showing considérable variation in the tone of the upperparts. 



(In very large flocks in long grass They showed no signs of 

 nesting in Januar_y. — W. P. L.). 



