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  Capt. 
  G. 
  E. 
  Shelley 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  No. 
  45. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  ; 
  Milanji 
  Plain, 
  4000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  This 
  

   species 
  may 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  its 
  allies 
  soiith 
  of 
  the 
  

   Zambesi 
  (P. 
  minor 
  and 
  P. 
  capensis) 
  by 
  its 
  black 
  thighs. 
  

  

  109. 
  Pytelia 
  AFRA 
  (Gm.) 
  . 
  

  

  Pytelia 
  afra, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  302. 
  

   No. 
  40. 
  Zomba, 
  Jan. 
  and 
  Febr. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  southern 
  

   locality 
  for 
  this 
  species 
  yet 
  registered. 
  

  

  110. 
  Cryptospiza 
  reichenowi 
  (Hartl.). 
  

  

  Pytelia 
  reichenowi, 
  Reichen. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1875, 
  p. 
  41, 
  pi. 
  2. 
  

  

  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Cryptospiza 
  reichenowi, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  254 
  (Cama- 
  

   roon 
  Mountains). 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  Nov. 
  This 
  specimen 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  

   full 
  plumage, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  it 
  with 
  cer- 
  

   tainty, 
  but 
  its 
  measurements 
  agree 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   C. 
  reichenowi. 
  Total 
  length 
  4*2 
  inches, 
  culmen 
  0*45, 
  wing 
  

   2-1, 
  tail 
  1-7, 
  tarsus 
  0-7. 
  

  

  111. 
  CoCCOPYGIA 
  DUFRESNII 
  (V.). 
  

  

  Estrelda 
  dufresnei, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  469, 
  849. 
  

   Coccopygia 
  dufresnii, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  305. 
  

   No. 
  11. 
  Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  Nov. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  northern 
  

   known 
  locality 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  112. 
  ESTRILDA 
  MINOR. 
  

  

  Estrilda 
  minor, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  393. 
  

  

  No. 
  63. 
  Zomba, 
  Febr. 
  ; 
  Milanji 
  Plains, 
  4000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  

   South 
  of 
  the 
  Zambesi 
  this 
  form 
  is 
  replaced 
  by 
  typical 
  

   E. 
  astrild. 
  

  

  113. 
  Estrilda 
  angolensis 
  (L.). 
  

  

  Urceginthus 
  cyanogaster, 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  473, 
  850. 
  

   Estrilda 
  angolensis, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  402. 
  

   No. 
  86. 
  Mpimbi, 
  Febr. 
  

  

  114. 
  Lagonosticta 
  rhodoparia. 
  

   Lagonosticta 
  rhodoparia, 
  Sharpe, 
  Cat. 
  xiii. 
  p. 
  282. 
  

  

  