W. R. OGILYIE-GEANT— AYES. 295 



d,e. 6 2. Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 20th Sept. [Nos. 543, 544. 

 M. E. 2).] 



/. 6 . Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., 11th Jan. [No. 83. B. E. Z*.] 



Iris orange, light brown, or dark hazel ; bill black ; feet dark brown or black. 



Captain Shelley is no doubt correct in assuming that iV. sparsimguttata 

 Reichenow is synonymous with the present species. 



Immature examples have the whole of the iipperparts uniform dark grey; subse- 

 quently the black on the forehead is assumed, then the grey on the rump, and the 

 white band bordeiing the black forehead and sides of the head, as well as the white 

 spots on the lesser and median wing-coverts, make their appearance. 



[Jackson's Negro-Finch was met with here and there throughout the journey, from 

 Victoria Nyanza to Euwenzori, where it was found up to an altitude of 7000 ft. — 

 J?. B. W.] 



Nesochaeis ansoegei (Hartert). (Plate XI. figs. 1, d ; 2, ? .) 



Pytelia ansorgei Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. x. p 26 (1899) [Luimi (Wimi) R., Toro] ; id. Nov. 



Zool. vii. p. 42 (1900) ; Neumann, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 47 (1908) [Lake Kivu]. 

 Cnjptospiza ansorgei Reich. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 175 (1904j. 

 Chlorestrilda ansorgei Shelley, B. Afr. iv. p. 177 (1905). 

 Chlorestrilda capistrata Shelley, t. c. p. 177 [part., Meswa and Buguera {Eminy\. 



a. 6 . Mpanga Forest, Fort Portal, 5000 ft., 18th Sept. [No. 534. R. E. B.] 



A single male example of this rare and very beautiful little AVaxbill was procured 

 by Mr. Dent. I have compared it with the type-specimen, which was obtained by 

 Dr. Ansorge on the Luimi Eiver in Toro, and wliich has been sent me by Mr. Walter 

 Rothschild for comparison. 



I quite agree with Capt. Shelley that the present species cannot be placed in 

 either of the genera Bytelia or Cri/ptospiza, both on account of its Bullfinch-like 

 bill and for other reasons. He therefore created the genus Chlorestrilda, making 

 C. ansorgei the type, but he overlooked the fact that the present species was obviously 

 co-generic with Nesocharis shelleyi Alexander, a highland species from Fernando Po 

 [cf. Bull. B. O. C. xiii. p. 48 (1903)], and with N. capistrata (Hartl.) [_=N. sharpii 

 (Nicholson)], which ranges from Senegambia to Dahomey. 



The type-specimen of N. ansorgei, a male in very poor condition, was described by 

 Dr. Hartert as having the " sides of the chest golden-olive," but, as is shown by the 

 beautifully prepared skin in the present collection, this colour extends across the 

 entire chest in a wide band. 



Two adult males and a female were also procured by Mr. Jackson's collectors in 

 the Kibera Forest, Toro, where the species was said to be plentiful. The female, 

 which is figured on Plate XI. fig. 2, differs from the male in having the chest grey 



