30 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 17, 



C4. Amadina fasciata (Gm.). 



Sporothlastes fasciatus, Hard. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881, p. 203; Pelz. Verb. Wieii, xxxii. 1882, p. 509. 

 Amadina fasciata, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 313. 

 No. 976. 6. Redjaf, Dec. 17, 1882. 



65. Pyrenestes ostrinus (Vieill.). 

 Pyrenestes ostrinus, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 314. 

 No. 717. 6. Tingasi, July 4, 1883. 



Iris dusky brown; bill black ; legs yellowish. 



This specimen is small and entirely black and red. Total length 

 5 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2'65, tail 2*15, tarsus 0-7. There is a 

 very similar specimen in the British Museum from the Gold Coast. 



66. Spermospiza ruficapilla, sp. n. 



Entire head, throat, front and sides of the chest uniform scarlet ; 

 back of the neck, back, wings and tail when closed, dusky slate- 

 colour ; upper tail-coverts red, slightly darker than the head ; re- 

 mainder of the breast black, thickly sfiotted with white on the chest 

 and barred on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Under surface 

 of the wings and tail dusky black, mottled or barred with white on 

 the under wing-coverts. Iris dusky brown ; bill metallic blue with 

 the end carmine, and the cutting-edges shaded with that colour ; 

 legs dusky brown. Total length 6'2 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 2"9, 

 tail 2*6, tarsus 95. 



No. 752. ? . Bellima, July 15, 1883. 



This species is closely allied to iS. hcematina and S. guttata, but 

 may be readily recognized, at least in the female, by its having the 

 entire head tmiform scarlet. In the colouring of the bill it agrees 

 best with S. guttata. 



67. Hypargus monteiri (Hartl.). 



Pytelia monteiri, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 1882, 

 p. 203. 



Hypargus monteiri, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 318. 



c? juv. Lado, Nov. 1, 1885. 



No. 59. d ■ Tanjimoro, Sept. 23, 1883. 



No, 179. Tanjimoro, Oct. 5, 1886. 



The young bird from Lado differs from the adult in having the 

 throat uniform grey, and in there being no white spots on the breast, 

 which is chestnut fading into white on the abdomen. The under 

 tail-coverts are broadly barred with chestnut and white. 



68. Pytelia melba (Linn."). 



Pytelia melba, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 104; Pelz. Verb. Wieu, xxxii. 1882, p. 509; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 319. 



Pytelia citerior, Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxxi. 1881, p. 614. 



No. 208. c?. Kibiro, Oct. 11, 18»6. 



