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g- 2. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1500). 
h. 2. Bejook. July 16 (no. 1789). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
EAS pr eer ae AaB Gf oa wes 1s ey 
All the female specimens want the carmine ear-spot; the brown colour of the hind 
neck reaches to the sides of the jugulum. ‘The sexes are similar in size. 
Souther specimens from the Damara country in the Bremen Museum agree in every 
respect.—0O. F. 
[Iris salmon-pink ; beak crimson, tip black. 
This, the first specimen of this species, I obtained in May at Goon Goona, five others 
at Senafé in the same month, and two at Bejook (Anseba), July 16, 1868. I did not 
meet with the species anywhere else— VV. J.] 
129. Pyrevia minima (Vieill.). 
Estrelda minima, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 77. no. 276; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 397. 
Lagonosticta minima, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 165; Brehm, Habesch, p. 217. no. 92. 
Pytelia minima, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 444. 
a. 6. Maragaz. July 27 (no. 514). 
6. 2. Maragaz. July 27 (no. 1299). 
c. 3. Bejook. July 15 (no. 1686). 
d. 9. Bejook. July 15 (no. 1056). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
1 Jovy" yy yam ce. 4lll eng 2h0 g30eonn 
[Iris pale burnt sienna; beak deep crimson, tip black. 
Did not procure or observe this species, except on the Anseba; four specimens in 
all—W. J.} 
130. Pyteta citEeRior, Strickl. 
Pytelia citerior, Contr. to Ornith. 1852, p. 151. 
Estrilda elegans, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 77. no. 278; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no, 400. 
Pytelia citerior, Heugl. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 162. 
Zonogastris citerior, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1868, p. 19. 
a. 3. Bejook. July 17 (no 1176). 
b. d. Rairo. August 13 (no. 11). 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
Bea ea ag Ha 7" 
The late Mr. Strickland has pointed out the differences between the north-eastern 
form, which he calls P. citerior, and the southern P. melba, Linn., the latter being 
chiefly distinguished by the less extension of the red on the front, and having the 
belly and sides spotted with white, whereas in P. citerior the belly shows narrow 
transversal lines. Having no southern specimens for comparison, I can only remark 
that the specimens in Mr. Jesse’s collection agree better with the description given by 
