354 Mr. Boyd Alexander on the 



21. ESTRILDA ELIZJE. 



Estrilda elizce Alexander, Bull. B. 0. C. xiii. p. 54 (1903). 



Adult. Similar to E. nonnula Hartl., but differs in having 

 the entire under parts tinted with grey ar.d the under tail- 

 coverts pale lead-grey. Wings pale. Iris brown; bill black, 

 with a patch of red on each side of the culmen and at the 

 base of the lower mandible; legs and feet blackish. The 

 sexes are alike in plumage and measurements. Total length 

 3'8 inches, culmen 0'4, wing P9, tail 17, tarsus 0'G5. {Typo, 

 ad. S • Moka, December 14, 1902.) 



Immature. Hind-neck and mantle uniform greyish brown; 

 entire breast and under tail-coverts washed with pale brown : 

 bill black ; legs and feet blackish. 



This Estrilda is confined to the southern portion of the 

 island. My collector obtained his specimens from the long 

 grass in the Moka valley. 



The species is named after Lady Eliza Alexander. 



22. Malimbus rubricollis (Swains.). 

 EvplectesrufovelatusFva,ser,V.Z.S. 184.2, p. 142 (Clarence, 



Fernando Po : type, Brit. Mus.) ; id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xii. p. 131 (1843) ; Allen & Thomson, Narr. Exped. Niger, 

 ii. p. 500 (1818 : Fernando Po) ; Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. xlvi. 

 (1849). 



Sycobius malimbus Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 133 (1857: 

 Fernando Po). 



Malimbus rubricollis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. IT'S 

 (1890: Fernando Po) ; Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. (2) iv. p. 10 (1895 : 

 Santa Isabel, Fernando Po) ; id. op. cit. vii. p. 37 (1903 : 

 Fernando Po) ; Salvad. Orn. Golfo d. Guinea, iii. p. 114. 



Malimbus malimbus Shelley, B. Afr. i. no. 479 (1896). 



a. Imm. ? . Basupu, Oct. 31, 1902. Iris brown ; bill 

 blackish horn-coloured ; legs and feet dark lead-coloured. 



b. Ad. S 6 c? ? ? • Pibola, Oct. 31, 1902. Iris claret- 

 red ; legs and feet brown; bill black. 



c. Ad. S • Basakato, Nov. 12, 1902. 



Common at the foot of the hill-ranges, resorting to the 

 thick forest-trees. 



