482 Mr. K. B. Sharpe on Additional Collections of 



164. EsTRELDA MELPODA (VieiU.) ; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 141. 



One specimen in INIr. Svvanzy^s collection. 



~V~ tl65. Pytelia schlegeli, sp. n. (Plate XIV. figs. 2, 3.) 

 c? . P. supra Icete olivaceo-viridis, iiropygio saturate aurantiaco : 

 facie jmlcherrime rosea : gutture et pectore superiore auran- 

 tiaco-brunneis, rosea tinctis : colli laterihus dorso concolori- 

 bus : remigibus brunneis, secundariis dorsi colore late lavatis : 

 Cauda nigricante, olivaceo lavata : corpoie subtus nigricante, 

 passim maculis parvis albis rotiindatis punctato : abdomine 

 imo tibiis et tectricibus svbcaudalibus ulivascenti-viridibus : 

 rostro flavo, ad basin maxillce brunneo : pedibus flavis. 

 5. Supra olivaceo-viridis, uropijgio Icetiore : facie fulva : subtus 

 olivaceo- cinerascens. 

 Male. Above olive-green, golden-brown on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; sides of the face and chin beautiful rosy- 

 red ; throat and upper part of the breast orange-brown, tinged 

 with rosy ; sides of the neck of the same colour as the back ; 

 quills brown, edged externally with olive-green like the back, 

 especially the secondaries, which are almost entirely of this 

 colour ; tail blackish, washed above with olive-green ; under 

 surface of the body black, studded all over with little round 

 spots of white; lower abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 olive-green ; bill yellow, brown at the base of the upper man- 

 dible ; feet yellowish. Total length 4'7 in., wing 3, tail 1-15, 

 tarsus "6. 



Female. Very dissimilar ; olive-green above, becoming 

 brighter on the rump ; face fulvous ; throat and the rest of 

 the under surface dull ashy, tinged with olive; bill yellow, 

 brown at the base of both mandibles. Total length 4*7 in., 

 wing 2, tail 1*1, tarsus '6. 



A pair of this beautiful Finch are in the Leyden Museum, 

 from Fantee, sent thence by Governor Nagtglas. I name the 

 species after Prof. Schlegel, who, by his unwearied endeavours, 

 has created in the minds of the Dutch officials in Africa an in- 

 terest in ornithology, which has led to the discovery of facts 

 most important to this science. 



166. Crith AGRA CHRYSOPVGA, Swains.; Hartl., Orn. Westafr. 

 p. 154 ; C. chrysopogon, .Tard., Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 9 [errore). 



