530 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



Spermestes rufodorsalis, Peters, Sharpe, B. S. Afr. p. 456. 

 Nyika Plateau, June. A fine adult male. 



28. CoCCOPYGIA DUFRESNII. 



Coccopygia dvfresnii (Vieill.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 29, 

 no. 391; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 26. 



Nyika Plateau, June. One female. This is the most 

 northern known range for the species. 



29. Granatina angolensis. 



Granatina angolensis (Linn.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 29, 

 no. 397. 



Estrilda angolensis, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 26. 

 Nyika Plateau, June. An adult female. 



30. Lagonosticta rhodoparia. 



Lagonosticta rhodoparia, Heugl. ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 31, 

 no. 424; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 26, 1894, p. 22. 



Nyika Plateau, June. Adult male and female, and a 

 young bird. Nyasaland is the most southern known locality 

 for this species, which ranges northward to Bogosland in 

 North-east Africa. 



31. Hypargus niveiguttatus. 



Hypargus niveiguttatus (Peters) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 32, 

 no. 444. 



Lagonosticta niveignttata, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 27; 1894, 

 p. 22. 



Nyika Plateau, July. An adult male. 



32. Anaplectes rubriceps. 



Anaplectes rubriceps (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 35, 

 no. 478 ; id. Ibis, 1893, p. 24. 



Fort Hill, July. One specimen, labelled male, in the same 

 plumage as the type of Sharpia ayresi (Ibis, 1882, p. 353, 

 pi. vii. fig. 2). 



33. Hyphantornis bertrandi. 



Hyphantornis bertrandi, Shelley, Ibis, 1893, p. 23, pi. ii., 

 1894, p. 20 ; id. B. Afr. i. p. 39, no. 548. 



Songue, in North Nyasa, June and July. Two apparently 

 adult females of this species. This is one of the local species. 



