110 Dr. R. B. Sharpe on a 
1. Urobrachya axillaris (Smith); Shelley, B. Afr. i. 
p. 24 (1896). 
Penthetria axillaris Sharpe, ed. Bayard* s B. S. Africa, 
p. 461. 
No. 37. $ juv. Mapicuti, Sept 16, 1898. 
No. 49. S juv. a 3 ) 20, 1898. 
2. Pyromelana oryx (Linn.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 462; Shelley, 
B. Afr. i. p. 25. 
No. 30. <£ juv. Mapicuti, Sept. 16, 1898. 
3. Pyromelana taha (Smith); Sharpe, t. c. p. 465; Shelley, 
B. Afr. i. p. 25. 
Nos. 36, 37. <$ ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898. 
4. Spermestes nigriceps Cass.; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 28. 
Spermestes rufodorsalis Peters; Sharpe, ed. Layard’s B. 
S. Afr. p. 456. 
No. 55. $ ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1899. 
5. Lagonostica niveiguttata (Peters); Sharpe, Cat. B. 
Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 274. 
Hypargus niveiguttatus Sharpe, ed. LayanPs B. S. Afr. 
p. 477 ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 32. 
Nos. 32, 38. S a d- Mapicuti, Sept. 16, 17, 1898. Iris 
brown; bill, legs, and eyelids blue. 
6. Lagonosticta rubricata (Licht.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 475 ; 
Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 31. 
No. 48. $ innn. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898. Iris dark 
brown; bill and legs blue. 
7. Estrilda cavendishi, sp. nov. 
E. similis E. astrild , sed ubique saturatior, pileo saturate 
plumbescenti-brunneo, concolore: fascia oculari saturate 
coccinea: facie laterali sordide cinerascente : corpore 
subtus lsete coccineo adumbrato. Long. tot. 4*0 poll., 
culm. 0*35, alae 1*8, caudae 1*9, tarsi 0’6. 
No. 24. <?. Mapicuti, Sept. 15, 1898. Bill red; iris 
brown. 
This specimen differs from all other examples in our large 
series of Estrilda astrild in being very dark in colour, the 
