166 Capt. G. E. Shelley on Birds 



45. Spermestes poensis. 



Spermestes poensis, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Musi xiii. p. 262. 



cJ <j> , Yambuya. 



The sexes are alike in plumage, according to Mr. Jameson's 

 determinations. The range of the species is hereby greatly 

 extended into the interior of Africa. 



46. Pyrenestes coccineus. 



Pyrenestes coccineus, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, iii. p. 74 (1878); Rchw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 301 (Man- 

 yanga) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 253. 



2 6 ad., Yambuya. 



The two specimens have perfectly black backs. 



47. Spermospiza guttata. 



Spermospiz a guttata, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, i. p. 49 (1876) ; Rchw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 307 

 (Kibongi). 



c? ad., Yambuya. 



Agrees well with examples from Gaboon. 



48. Penthetriopsis macrura. 



Penthetria macrura, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, i. p. 49 (1876) ; Sharpe, Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 p. 426 (1884) ; Rchw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 305 (Leopoldville). 



Penthetriopsis macrura, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 220. 



<$ ad., Lower Congo. 



49. Pyromelana flammiceps. 



Euplectes flammiceps, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, i. p. 47 (1876). 



Pyromelana flammiceps, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 228; Rchw. J. f. O. 1887, p. 308 (Kassongo). 



S ad., Lower Congo. 



50. Merops malimbicus. 



Merops malimbicus, Sharpe & Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, i. p. 304 (1876) ; Dresser, Monogr. Merop. p. 87, 

 pi. 19 (1886). 



<$ ad., Lower Congo. 



