NIGRITA LUTEIFRONS 147 
coverts next to the bend of the wing greyish white. ‘Iris and bill black ; 
tarsi and feet flesh colour.” Wing 2-4. @?, 31. 10.02. Fernando Po 
(Alexander). 
Immature. Differs in the forehead, crown and sides of head being 
uniform grey, with a few black feathers in front of the eye. ?, 11. 11. 02. 
Fernando Po (Alexander). 
The Pale-fronted Negro-Finch ranges from the Niger to 
the Congo. 
In its most northern known range, Lower Nigeria, the 
species has been procured by Dr. Ansorge. On the island 
of Fernando Po it is, according to Mr. Boyd Alexander, 
locally distributed, and fond of frequenting the tops of 
tall palm-trees, where it nests; he writes: ‘‘We often observed 
it in sunny spots hawking in the air for flies. It is very 
interesting to have come across both a male and a female 
of this species, as the latter sex was previously considered 
to belong to another species—WNigrita lucient.” 
In Camaroons Crossley procured a male, Dr. Preuss a 
female at Buea, and Drs. Reichenow and Liihder likewise 
met with it in that country. The species was first described 
from Gaboon by Verreaux, and one of his typical specimens 
is in the British Museum, where there are also two males and 
two females collected in that country by Du Chaillu, the latter 
agreeing well with the type of N. lucteni which was obtained 
by Petit at Ungomongo in the Congo Free State. The species 
has also been met with by Marche and De Compiégne in the 
Ogowé district of Gaboon, and by Bohndorff at Manyanga on 
the Lower Congo. 
