94 Neave, Collection of Birds from N.E. Rhodesia. 



Bill, bluish-black ; iris, brown ; feet, dark grey. 

 " Niasisi " of the Asenga. Commonly seen in flocks, 

 usually in company with Estrilda angolensis. 



198. Hypochaera codringtoni, sp. n. 



Similis H. dialybeatae, sed major, et nitore viridiscen- 

 tiore, subalaribus totis pure albis distinguenda. 



This species is distinguished from H. amauropteryx by 

 its white bill and bottle-green secondaries, which are like 

 the back. 



" I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to my 

 friend, Mr. Robert Codrington, Administrator of N.E. 

 Rhodesia. 



74. S ad. (Type). Molilo's, near Petauke. Feb. 3, 1905. 



97. 6 ad. Petauke. Feb. 24, 1905. 



Bill, whitish ; iris, brown ; feet, salmon orange. 



199. Sporaeginthus subflavus. 



Fringilla subflava, Vieill., " N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat," vol. 30, 



P- 575 (1819: Senegal). 

 Estrilda subflava, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 360 ; Shelley, Ibis, 



1898, p. 379 (Mount Mlosa); W. L. Sclater, "Fauna S. 



Africa, Birds," vol. 1, p. 105; Reichen., "Vog. Afrikas," 



vol. 3, p. 186. 

 Sporaeginthus subflavus, Sharpe, "Cat. B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 13, 



p. 324. 



167. $ ? Matambadzi River, Mbala Country. May 4, 

 1905. 



Bill, coral-red, both mandibles black in the middle 

 line ; iris, brick-red ; feet, pinkish-brown. 



200. Estrilda astrilda. 



Loxia astrild, Linn., " Syst. Nat.," vol. 1, p. 303 (1766). 

 Estrilda astrild, Bocage, " Orn. Angola," p. 358. 



