32 CAIT. G. E. SHELLEY ON BIRDS [Jan. 1 7, 



Ilabropyga tenerrima, Reichen. J. f. O. 1887, p. 213, Stanley 

 Falls. 



No. 58. 6 . Kubbi, July 1881. 



No. 654. 6. Bellima, June 21, 1883. 



S ?. Foda, Oct. 27, 1885. 



The males have the bill black, with a red patch on the sides of 

 the culmen and base of the lower mandible, also a patch of scarlet 

 on the sides of the body, of much less extent than in E. atricapilla. 

 It is the Habropyga tenerrima of Reichenow. 



The female differs in having the entire bill dusky black and no 

 red on the sides of the body. This is the Astrilda nonnula, Hartl. 



73. ESTRELDA PALUDICOLA, HeUgl. 



Estrelda paludicola, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 331 ; Haiti. Zool. 

 Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 321. 



No. 706. $. Tingasi, July 3, 1883. 

 New to the British Museum. 



74. Estrelda astrild (Linn.). 



. Estrelda ustrild, Shelley, Ibis, 1 886, p. 322. 

 No. 288. ?. Lado, March 30, 1884. 

 A variety entirely white, with a red band round the eye. 



75. Estrelda rhodopyga, Sundev. 



Estrelda rhodopyga, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 333; Hartl. Zool. 

 Jahrb. ii. 1886, p. 322. 

 Nos. 135, 138. 6- 136, 139. ?. Wadelai, Sept. 18, 1885. 

 No. 154. cJ. Wadelai, Oct. 6, 1885. 



76. Estrelda cinerea (Vieill.). 



Astrilda cinerea, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 

 p. 103; Pelz. Verb. Wien, xxsi. p. 614; xxxii 1882, p. 505; 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 333. 



Nos. 39, 40. S 2- Wadelai, Aug. 3, 1885. 



77. Estrelda subfi.ava (Vieill.). 



Habropyga subflava, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 609. 

 Estrelda siibjiaua, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 334. 



Nos. 235, 236, 243. d- Nos. 234, 242, 248, 253. $. Lado, 

 March 1884. 



78. Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieill.). 



Ortygospiza atricollis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 598 ; Shelley, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 338. 



No. 150. J. Redjaf, Jan. 19, 1884. 



Nos. 945, 946. 6 ?. Redjaf, Nov. 30, 1883. 



79. Vidua principalis (Linn.). 



Vidua principalis, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 1881, 



