446 Messrs. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



Lagonosticta butleri, described by Mr. Ogilvie-Graut, was 

 based on a young female of what is without doubt Estrilda 

 nigricullis Heuglin. 



Neumann distinguishes a slightly paler race from Togo- 

 land {E. larvata togoensis Neumann, O. M. 1907^ p. 167), 

 and this difference appears to be recognizable judging by the 

 examples in the British Museum, but we do not agree with 

 him that either of these can be considered to be subspecies 

 of E. larvata. 



There are examples of the typical race in the British 

 Museum, in addition to those from Chak Chak, frcnn the 

 Ubangi and Shari rivers obtained by Alexander, and of 

 the p;der race (S. n. togoensis) fi'om Northern Nigeria 

 {Alexande?- ^ Forbes) and the hinterland of the Gold Coast 

 {Alexander). 



Estrilda larvata larvata. 



Amadina larvata Riipp. N. Wirb. Vog. 1835, p. 97, 

 pi. 36. fig. 1 : Semien. 



Estrilda larvata (Riipp.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 225. 



Lagonosticta nigricollis Butler (nee Heugl.), Ibis, 1905, 

 p. 321. 



Lagonosticta larvata (Riipp.) ; Butler, Ibis, 1908, p. 219. 



[B. coll.] 1 Gallabat Apl. Kas. ; 3 Roseires Apl. Aug., 

 2 Famaka May, Sen. 



Nesocharis capistrata. 



Pytidia capistrata Hartl. J. f. O. 1861, p. 259 : Bissao, 

 W. Africa. 



Chlorestrilda capistrata (Hartl.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 177. 



Nesocharis capistrata (Hartl.) ; O.-Grant, Trans. Zool. Soc. 

 xix. 1910, p. 295. 



[Chr. coll.] 5 Meridi Jan. E.G. 



We cannot see the slightest difference between these and 

 West African specimens ; so far as we are aware, this species 

 has not been previously obtained farther east than the Tomi 

 river, a tributary of the Ubangi on the Shari-Ubangi road, 

 where it was got by Alexander. Major Christy's birds, there- 

 fore, extend the range to within the southern borders of the 



