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Collection of Birds from Mozambique. 
head being a dull leaden-brown, almost blackish in ap¬ 
pearance, not grey, and not showing any vermiculations. 
The back and the under surface of the body are much darker 
than in E. astrild, and the barring on the flanks is much 
coarser and more heavily indicated, while at the same time 
the crimson on the breast and on the eye-streak is much 
richer. 
8. Estrilda angolensis (L.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 402. 
Urcegintkus cyanogaster (Daud.); Sharpe, ed. Layard’s B. 
S. Afr. p. 473. 
Granatina angolensis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 29. 
No. 23. S' a d- Mapicuti, Sept. 15,1898. Iris red ; bill 
mauve. 
9. Sporaeginthus subflavus (Y.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xiii. p. 324. 
Estrilda subflava Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 469; 
Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 30. 
No. 8. imm. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 13, 1898. 
10. Hyphantornis jamesoni Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
xiii. p. 447 (1890). 
No. 52. ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 20, 1898; 
11. Petronia petronella (Licht.) ; Sharpe, t. c. p. 481. 
Petronia flavigula (Sundev.) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 19. 
No. 35. <$ . Mapicuti, Sept. 17, 1898. 
12. Macronyx croceus (Y.); Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 13. 
Macronyx striolatus, Sharpe, t. c. p. 532. 
No. 3. Barratas, near Beira, Sept. 11, 1898. 
13. Cinnyris gutturalis (L.); Sharpe, t. c. p. 311. 
Chalcomitra gutturalis Shelley, B. Afr. i. p. 4. 
Nos. 33, 39. <$ ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 16, 17, 1898. 
14. Cinnyris kirki (Shelley). 
No. 31. <f ad. Mapicuti, Sept. 11, 1898. Iris brown. 
The metallic forehead is much more bronzy in specimens 
from south of the Zambesi river, those from East Africa 
