NIGRITA UROPYGIALIS 139 
Nigrita uropygialis. 
Nigrita uropygialis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 384, pl. 11, fig. 1 Fantee; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 319, Gold Coast; Shelley, B. Afr. I. 
No. 372 (1896) ; Reichen. Vég. Afr. iii. p. 168 (1904). 
Adult. Distinguished from N. fusconota only by the entire middle back 
being isabelline buff. Total length 4°5 inches, culmen 0°35, wing 2:1 and 
- 2:0, tail 1°9, tarsus 0°55. 3, 2, Fantee. 
Sharpe’s White-breasted Negro-Finch inhabits the Gold 
Coast. 
There are in the British Museum eight specimens from 
Fantee, collected by Ussher and others between Cape Coast 
and the more inland forest of Denkera. The late Governor 
Ussher wrote: “Though not so common as N. emiilizx, this 
species is still not rare, Aubinn having procured me several 
specimens.” 
Nigrita bicolor. 
Pytelia bicolor, Hartl. Syst. Verg. Brem. 1844, p. 76 Gold Coast. 
Nigrita bicolor, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 318 (1890) pt. Gold Coast ; 
Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 370 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 167 
(1904). 
Adult. Upper parts slate colour; front of crown, sides of head and 
entire under parts deep vinous chestnut; wings dark brown, with slate- 
coloured edges to the coverts; under wing-coverts and inner margins of 
quills whitish ; tail entirely black. Iris crimson; bill black; tarsi and feet 
brown. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0:4, wing 2°3, tail 1:7, tarsus 0°55. 
3, 22, 2. 72. Abouri (Shelley). 
Immature. Differs in being duller, with the forehead and sides of head 
slate grey, fading into pale ash on the chin and upper throat; under surface 
of body paler and more tawny brown. Fantee (Aubinn). 
The Northern Chestnut-breasted Negro-Finch ranges from 
Senegambia to the Volta River. 
The species is represented in the British Museum from 
Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gold Coast. Verreaux received 
