PYTELIA AFRA 269 
Higgins in Fantee ; a female specimen I shot at Abokobi, 
which is situated in the forest, at the base of the Aquapim 
Mountains and close to the edge of the Accra Plain; another 
hen from Gambaga (Northcott), and a male from Loko on the 
Niger (Forbes). The species has also been obtained in Togo- 
land at Krachi (Zech) and Bismarckburg (Biittner). 
Pytelia afra. 
Fringillatia afra, Gm. S. N. i. p. 905 (1788). ~~ 
Pytelia afra, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 302 (1890); Butler, Foreign 
Finches in Captivity, p. 147, pl. 29, fig. 1 (1894); Shelley, B. Afr. I. 
No. 439 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 162 (1904). 
Pytelia cinereigula, Cab. Orn. Centralbl. 1877, p. 182; id. J. f. O. 1878, 
p- 101 Zanzibar, Mombasa. 
Pytelia wieneri, Russ, Gefied. Welt. 1877, p. 317; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, 
p. 476, pl. 47, fig. 2; Dubois, Bull. Mus. H. N. Belg. 1886, p. 149 
Tanganyika. 
“ Pytelia pyropteryx, Bohm,” Shalow, J. f. O. 1884, pp. 177, 178. 
Male. Similar to P. hypogrammica, but differs in the bill being red; 
body both above and below shaded with chrome yellow ; more white on the 
under parts, the white bars broader and the centre of the abdomen uniform 
white. Iris brown, bill and legs red. Total length 4:1 inches, culmen 0°45, 
wing 2°35, tail 1:5, tarsus 0-6. Kassongo (Bohndorff). 
Female. Similar in plumage to the male, from which it differs in having 
no red on the head; upper parts browner, with only a slight yellow shade 
on the mantle; sides of head, chin and upper throat greyish ash, the latter 
with obscure narrow buff bars; whitish bars on the body broader. ‘“ Iris 
light brown; bill and legs dusky.” Total length 4:1 inches, culmen 0-45, 
wing 2°35, tail 1:5, tarsus 06. ¢, 12. 1.99. Chercher Lake (Lovat). 
The Grey-necked Yellow-backed Pytelia ranges from the 
Loango Coast into Benguela, and in Hast Africa from Nyasa- 
land to Southern Abyssinia. 
In West Africa, the most northern known range for the 
species is the Loango Coast. Here Lucan and Petit have both 
collected specimens at Landana. Along the banks of the 
