8<S() rROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxviii. 



ESTRILDA RHODOPYGA Sundevall. 



Estrildd. rJiudopyga Sundevall, Ofv. K. Vet.-Akad. Fc'irli. Stockholm, 1850, p. 

 126 (Eastern Africa). 



Four speeiinen^ from Taveta, three of them immature. The adult 

 female, which i.s the only adult we have for comparison, has the lower 

 tail-coyerts deep buff, nuich mottled with l)rown, and with scarcely a 

 tinge of reddish; the cheeks, chin, and upper throat are buff instead of 

 white. The young- birds (both sexes) lack the crimson line through 

 the e3"e, and the vermiculations of the adult, and have the crissum 

 only slightly suft'used with reddish. The cheeks, chin, and throat are 

 buffy, like those of the adult female. 



ESTRILDA ASTRILD MINOR (Cabanis). 



Hahropi/ga minor Cabanis, Journ. f. Oriiitli., 187S, p. 229 (Voi River, British 

 FyRHt Africa). 



Four specimens, from Maranu, Mount Kilimanjaro, .5,000 feet. 

 ""Very common everywhere on the mountain up to (5,00i) feet."' The 

 females of this well differentiated race are duller and more brownish 

 throughout than the males. 



ESTRILDA BENGALUS (Linnaeus). 



Frmgilla bengahiK Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., I, 17()6, }>. 32.3 ("Bengala;" 



locality erroneous; i)robably from Senegal). 

 Estre.lda jilifi'iiieolix Swainson, Birds West Afr., I, 1837, p. 192, ]>!. xiv (Senegal). 



A single young male, from Taveta, August 14, 1888. It is almost 

 adult: The cheeks and ear-coverts are l)lue^ — the latter mixed with 

 l)rown and crimson. 



The specific \\?a\\Q phamlcotis.^ by which this V)ird has been commonl}^ 

 known, is long antedated by hoigaliis of Linnams, and there appears 

 to be no valid reason why the latter should not be employed. 



There seem to be no structural characters by which the genus 

 Tk'mgmtJiuK can be distinguished from Eatrilda. Doctor lieichenow's 

 separation" is based on color. 



ESTRILDA CYANOCEPHALA Richmond. 



Estrilda ci/imocfpJiahi Richmond, Auk, XIV, 1897, p. 157 (Useri River, near 

 Mount Kilimanjaro, East Africa). 



Two adult males, one from the Useri River, near Mount Kiliman- 

 jaro, the other from the plains east of the same mountain. *'" Bill and 

 irides red.'' The characters of this very distinct species, one of Doctor 

 Ab])ott\s most interesting discoveries in Africa, have been already 

 sufficiently detailed by Doctor Riciimond.'' rendering unnecessary 

 their repetition here. 



«Vogel Africas, III, 1904, pp. 105, 206. «* Auk, XIV, 1897, pp. 157-158. 



