448 Messrs. Sclatcr and iMackworth-Praed on [Ibis, 



head. If more specimens were available tliey might perhaps 

 be regarded as a distinct race. Tiiey do not fit well into any 

 of the races mentioned by Zedlitz in iiis revision of the 

 subspecies (O. M. xviii. ]910, p. 171). 



Lagonosticta rhodopsis. 



Estrelda rhodopsis Heuglin, J. f. O. 1863, p. 166 : 

 Gazelle R. 



This species is only known from the types. Reichenow 

 suggests (Vog. Afr. iii. p. 198) that they are immature 

 examples of L. brunneiceps. 



Sporaeginthus subflavus subflavus. 



EstrUda subjiava (Vieill.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 207. 



[B. coll.] 1 Bor, Mon. ; 1 Kajo Kaji Apl, 2 Lado 



Feb. L.E. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 7 Melut Jan., 2 Tonga Feb., 2 near 



Lake No Feb., 4 Bahr el Zeraf Feb. U.N. 



Hypochera ultramarina ultramarina. 



FringiUa ultramarina Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i, pt. 2, 1789, 

 p. 927 : Abyssinia. 



Hypochera ultramarina (Gmel.) ; Shelley, B. A. iv. p. 8 ; 

 Butler, Ibis, 1905, p. 316, 1909, p. 77. 



[B. coll.] 1 Shendi Feb. Ber. ; 2 Gedaref May, Kas. ; 

 4 Roseires Aug. Sept. Sen. ; 3 Khartoum Oct. Nov. 

 Feb. ; 1 Tawela Dec. U.N. ; 2 Wau Apl. B.G. ; 2 

 Mougalla. 

 [C. & L. coll.] 3 Singa Dec. Sen. 



Hypochera funerea wilsoni. 



Hypochera wilsoni Hartert, Nov. Zool. viii. 1901, p. 342 : 

 Middle Niger. 



[B. coll.] 1 Sheikh Tombe, 2 Mongalla, Mon. 



We have examined all the specimens of the genus in the 

 Museum and have come to the conclusion that there are 

 four main groups which can be again divided into a number 

 of races. As in one or two instances examples of more than 

 one of the u)ain groups occur together, we think they should 



