from the Nigei' Region. 553 



CaUostruthus macrourus, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 137. 



a, Lukoja; b. ^ , Abutsclii, 19tli August : iris brown; feet 

 yellowish brown, c. ^ , Abutscbi, August : iris brown; bill 

 brownish black ; apex of mandible pale bluish grey ; legs 

 horny grey, d, Lukoja. e. ^ ?, Slionga, NoA'ember : iris 

 brown ; bill and feet flesh-colour ; upper mandible inclining 

 to horn-colour, f, Lukoja : iris brown ; bill and legs pale 

 flesh-colour; upper mandible horn-colour, g. $ . The three 

 last specimens are in the brown plumage, with no trace of 

 yellow. 



67. Vidua principalis. 



Efnberiza principalis, Liun. S. N. i. 1766, p. 313. 

 Vidua principalis, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 136. 

 a, Aboh. In full plumage. 



68. Spermestes cucullata. 



Spermestes cucullata, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 201 ; Hartl. 

 Orn. W.Afr. p. 147. 



a. ? , immature, Lukoja. b : iris brown ; bill blackish 

 grey ; legs dark grey. These specimens are both in the 

 immature brown plumage. 



69. Pytelia hypogrammica. 



"^ Fringilla afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 905, ex Brown. 



Pytelia afra, Hartl. Orn. W.Afr. p. 149. 



Pytelia hypogrammica, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 56. 



a. (^ , Loko : iris crimson. 



This specimen, which I have compared with the type of P. 

 hypogrammica in the British Museum, evidently belongs to 

 that species. I consider the Fringilla afra, Gm., ex Brown, 

 cannot be determined, as Brown^s description, taken from an 

 Angola bird, would apply equally well to the Pytelia wieneri, 

 which, according to Forbes (P. Z. S. 1880, p. 476, pi. 47. fig. 2) 

 has been met with in Angola. 



70. Lagonosticta melanogastra. 



Lagonosticta melanogastra, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 273. 

 Rhodopyga hypomelas, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 13, pi. i. 

 fig. 4. 



