23.2 Mr. D. A. Banuerraaii on a Collection of 



Total ]enj,rth iu tlie flesli 9\ inches ; expanse of wings 

 14 inches. 



[This Oriole was not seen within three miles of Axini. 

 It inhabits densely wooded places. — W, P. L.] 



PVRO.MELAXA AUREA (Gni.). 



Pyrom.elatia ourea Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 351, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



PyroriteJana auren Reich, iii. p. 113. 



a. ?. St. Panl de Loanda. 21th March, 1911. 

 {No. G32.) 



As the female of this interesting species does not appear 

 to have been described, I append a description of the adnlt 

 bird which Mr. Lowe obt;dncd at St. Paul de Loanda. 

 There are three male examples in the British Museum, 

 one of which was ])rocured at the Quanza River, Avhicli 

 is immediately south of St. Pa.ul de Loavida. 



Adnlt female. Resembles the adult female of P.Jfammiceps, 

 but the black shaft-streaks of the upper surface are darker 

 and more sharply defined. The ground-colour of the upper 

 parts is more rufous throughout, very distinct on the crown 

 of the head. In size the female appears to resemble the 

 male, including the bill. 



Iris brown ; upper mandible horn-coloured, low^er man- 

 dible white; feet flesh-coloured. 



Total length in the flesh 5^ inches; expanse of wings 

 8 inches. 



Pyrenestes ostrinus (VieilL). 



Pyrenestes ostrinus Reich, iii. p. 106. 



a, b. ? imm. et ? juv. Sierra Leone. (Kos. 428, 

 443.) 



h-is brown; bill black; feet dirty flesh-coloured. 



Total length in the flesh 5^- inches; expanse of wings 

 8 inches. 



The juvenile bird, which is in the olive-brow^n plumage, 

 has two small wattles on either side of the gape. 



