588 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY ON [May 3 



as follows : — H. minor, North-east Africa southward to the Zambesi ; 

 U. cinerea, West Africa from Senegal to the Gaboon : H. astrild ; 

 South Africa, extending into West Africa northward to the Congo, 

 and found as an introduced bird on many of the islands, as St. Helena 

 and Mauritius. 



121. PlTYLIA CINEREIGULA. 



Pitylia cinereigula, Cab. J. f. O. 18/8, pp. 101, 230; Fischer & 

 Reiehenow, torn. cit. p. 265 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 193. 



Lamo ; Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges from Lama to Dar-es-Salaam, and is appa- 

 rently confined to the Zanzibar province. 



122. LaGONOSTICTA MINIMA. 



Pytelia minima (Vieill.), Finsch & Hartl. Vdg. Ostafr. p. 444 ; 

 Fischer & Reiehenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 2(j5 ; Fischer, torn. cit. 

 p. 282 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 280, 286. 



Lagonosticta minima, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230; Fischer & 

 Reiehenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 352. 



Lamo ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. 



This species ranges in East Africa from about 10° N. lat. to 

 the Transvaal, and on the west coast from Senegal to Damara- 

 land. 



123. Lagonosticta polionota. 



Lagonosticta polionota, Shelley, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230. 

 Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges in East Africa from Mombas to Dar-es- 

 Salaam, and in West Africa from Fantee to the Loaugo coast. 



124. UrjEGinthus phcenicotis.. 



Pytelia phcenicotis (Swains.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 447 ; 

 Fischer & Reiehenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 265; Fischer, torn. cit. 

 pp. 281, 282 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 286. 



Estrelda cyanogastra, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358. 



Vreeginthus phcenicotis, Cab. J. f. O. 1871, p. 229. 



Mariposa phcenicotis, Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. 



Dar-es-Salaam. 



This species ranges throughout Africa south of about 15° N. lat. 



The oldest title of this bird is, I consider, Fringilla bengalus, 

 Linn. S. N. i. p. 323 ; but that title should not be employed, as the 

 species is not a native of Bengal. 



125. Hypargus NiVEiGtJTTATUS. (Plate LU. fig. 2.) 

 Sperynophaga niveiguttata, Peters, J. f. O. 1868, p. 133; Cab. J. 



f. O. 1878, p. 230. 



Hypargos niveiguttata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 448 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 280. 



Melinda ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. 



This rare Finch ranges from Ndi in the Uteita country southward 



