56 Mr. R. B. Sharps on a Collection of 



111. Vidua PRINCIPALIS (Linn.); Hartl.,Orn.Westafr. p.l36. 

 One specimen. Sent also from Accra by Mr. Eraser, and met 



with by Dr. Gordon at Cape-Coast Castle. 



1 12. Hyphantornis luteola (Licht.) ; Hartl., Journ. f. Oru. 

 1855, p. 360; Id., Orn. Westafr. p. 123. 



One specimen. Also procured by Heer Pel in Ashantee. 



113. EuPLECTES AFER (Gm.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 857 (1788). 

 Loxia melanogastra, Lath., Ind. Orn. i. p. 394 (1790). Euplectes 

 melanogaster, Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 128. 



Two specimens. Gmelin^s name, founded on plate 24 of 

 Brown's ' Illustrations of Zoology,' has undoubted priority over 

 that of Latham, also founded on the same plate. 



114. Pytelia hypogrammica, sp. n. Qu. Pytelia afra, 

 Hartl., Orn. Westafr. p. 145 [nee Gm.) ? 



P. schistacea : fronte, genis et guld late coccineis : rectricibus 



alarum avrantiads, rubro lavatis : remigibus cinei'ascenti- 



brumieis, pogonio externo aurantiaco inarginatis : wopygio 



late coccineo : rectricibus intermediis coccineis uropygio con- 



coloribus, reliquis coccineo marginatis piraier extimas omnino 



brunneas; subtus cine7'ascenti-sc/tistacea,pectore angustiuribus 



abdomineque latioribusfasciis albis vermiculatis : rostra nigro : 



pedibus pallide brunneis. 



Above slaty-grey; forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, throat, rump, 



and upper tail-coverts rich crimson ; wing-coverts orange, the 



lesser ones tinged with red; primary coverts and quills dark 



brown, edged externally with orange; the two middle rectrices 



crimson, like the rump, the rest blackish brown, margined with 



crimson, except the two exterior, which are entirely brown ; 



whole under surface dark slaty-grey, with transverse white ver- 



miculations, broader on the abdomen; bill black; feet light 



brown. Total length 3'5, bill from front '45, wing 2*2, tail 1-5, 



tarsus *6 in. 



There can be little doubt that this bird is the same as that 

 described as '^ Pytelia afra (Gm.)" by Dr. Hartlaub (/. c); for I 

 took advantage of Mr. Elliot's kindness to send the bird to 

 Paris. After comparing it with the specimen in the Paris 

 Museum, which formed the subject of Dr. Hartlaub's description, 

 Mr. Elliot and M. Jules Verrcaux came to the conclusion that 



