NO. 1411. BIRDS FROM MOUNT KILIMANJARO— OBERHOLSER. 881 



ESTRILDA SUBFLAVA (Vieillot). 



FriHgllla t<nhtf,ira Vikii.lot, Nouv. Diet, d'llist. Nat., XXX, 1819, j). 575 (Sen- 

 egal). 



Three specimens — two males and a female — from Ariischa-wa-cliini, 

 southwest of Kilimanjaro, taken November, 1, 1888. 



It seems hardly advisable to recognize a genus SporxglntJiux^ for 

 the supposed ditferences, at most slight, are apparently all obliterated 

 by intermediate species. 



NIGRITA DIABOLICA (Reichenow and Neumann) . 



./I tojoorni? rfu/ftoZtcws Reichenow and Neumann, Ornith. Monatsber., 1895, p. 74 

 (Kifinika, 3,000 m.. Mount Kilimanjaro, German East Africa). 



One adult female of this rare species was taken by Doctor Abbott, 

 on Mount Kilimanjaro, at 9,000 feet, July 30, 1888. 



HYPOCHERA AMAUROPTERYX Sharpe. 



iri/poduTra amanropteryx Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 309 

 (South Africa to the Zambesi River, Mozambique, and Ovambo Land). 



One adult male, from Taveta, April 18, 1889. 



COCCOPYGIA DUFRESNI KILIMENSIS (Sharpe). 



Coccopygia quartinia subsp. a. kilimensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, 

 p. 307 ( Mount Kilimanjaro, East Africa) . 



Five specimens, from Mount Kilimanjaro, at .5,000 feet. Three of 

 them have the back finely, but distinctly, vermicidated with dusky. 



The name Neisna Bonaparte " has been used for this genus by Doc- 

 tor Reichenow;* but the type of Neisna is the first species mentioned, 

 li ring ilia siihjiwva Vieillot, as fixed by Doctor Sharpe.'' This makes 

 Neisna a synonym of Estrilda; and Coccopygia Reichenbach therefore 

 becomes the correct name for the present group. 



AMADINA FASCIATA (Gmelin). 



Loxia fasciata Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ii, 1788, p. 859 (Africa). 



Two adult females, from the plains east of Mount Kilimanjaro, 

 taken December 11, 1888. There are pronounced traces of chestnut 

 on the abdomen in. both these specimens. 



«Consp. Avium, I, 1850, p. 460. 



b Vi)gel Africas, III, 1904, p. 203. 



cCat. Birds Brit. Mus., XIII, 1890, p. 305. 



