442 Messrs. Sclater a/z^ Mackwortli-Praed on [Ibis, 



[C. & L. coll.] 2 nr. Tonga Mch. U.N. 



Two males shot from the same flock have the "legs 

 darkest sepia, bill brilliant vermilion, and iris dark.'' One 

 of the individuals is rather more rosy on the lower breast 

 than the other, but neither are strongly marked with the 

 rosy flush. Wings 45, 47 mm. We consider these birds are » 

 nearest to this small-winged race, wliich is confined to the 

 Sobat river and the adjacent portion of the Nile valley, 

 though they are slightly larger than the type. The colora- 

 tion of this race is nearest that of E, a. occidentalis. 



Estrilda astrild peasei. 



Estnlda peasei Shelley, Bull. B. O. C. xiii. 1903, p. 74: 

 S. Abyssinia. 



[B. coll.] 2 Kenisa, Mon. 



These two birds are intermediate between E. a. peasei and 

 E. a. occidentalis, the west African race. On the whole 

 they seem rather nearer to the typical E. a. peasei. 

 Wings, (^ 47, c? 50 mm. E. a. peasei measures 48-52 mm. 

 E. a. occidentalis measures from 45-8 to 48 mm. They have 

 also more of the rosy flush of E. a. peasei, which is not so 

 pronounced in E. a. occidentalis. 



The latest list of the races of Estrilda astrild is that of 

 Zedlitz (J. f. O. 1916, p. 36). 



The following is a revised list based on the material in the 

 Natural History Museum : — 



1. E. A. ASTHiLD (Linn.), founded on Edwards, from the 

 '• East Indies." As this name has always been connected 

 with the South African form we designate Cape Town as . 

 the typical locality. South Africa north to the Zambesi, 

 but not Damaraland or Portuguese East Africa. Wing 

 average 50 mm. 



2. E. A. DAMARENsis Kcichw. (O. M. 1902, p. 173 : 

 German S.W. Africa). A paler desert form from the 

 S.W. African Protectorate. Wing average 50 mm. 



3. E. A. CAVENDisHi Sharpc (Ibis, 1900, p. 110: Mapicuti, 

 Portuguese E. Africa. Type in B,M.). A rather darker 



