Birds of Fernando Po. 353 



Fernando Po) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 148 (185/: Fer- 

 nando Po) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 10 (1895 : Fer- 

 nando Po) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 386 (1896) ; Bocage, 

 Jora. Lisb. (2) vii. p. 36 (1903 : Fernando Po) ; Salvad. 

 Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 113. 



a. Ad. ?. Bibola, Oct. 31, 1902. Iris brown; bill pale 

 bluish slate-coloured ; legs and feet slatc-eoloured. 



b. Ad. ? . Sipopo, Nov. 3, 1902. 



Found in small flocks frequenting waste places near 

 villages. 



20. Estrilda occidentals Jard. & Fraser. 



Estrelda occidentalis Jard. & Fraser, Coutr. Orn. 1851, 

 p. 156 (Fernando Po) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Air. p. 110 (1857: 

 Fernando Po). 



Habropyga minor Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 229. 



Estrilda rubriventris Bocage (nee Vieill.), Jorn. Lisb. (2) 

 vii. p. 36 (1903 : Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. 

 Guinea, iii. p. 113. 



Imm. <$. Moka, Dec. 12, 1902. 



Ad. cS <? . Moka, Dec. 16, 1902. 



I am unable to find any constant characters to separate 

 E. minor from the present species. Specimens of E. minor 

 from Abyssinia and Nyassaland in the British Museum are 

 somewhat darker on the upper parts and lighter on the throat ; 

 but these characters do not remain constant, and intermediate 

 forms occur. Specimens of E. minor in my Zambesi col- 

 lection are identical with the Fernando Po birds. 



Young male (Moka, Dec. 12, 1902). Crown dark brown ; 

 remainder of upper parts rufous brown, especially on the 

 rump; quills and tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with 

 rufous brown ; under parts tawny buff suffused with pink, 

 becoming whitish on the throat and sides of face ; feathers 

 round eye dull crimson ; bill black. 



Range. Fernando Po, Cameroon, and Abyssinia, south- 

 ward to Benguela and the Zambesi. 



In Gaboon and Loango this form is replaced by n local sub- 

 species, E. rubriventris. 



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