682 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a Collection of 
The immature male res'embles the female, but the entire 
under parts are greyish, washed with olive on the chest 
and sides, and there are one or two rather faintly marked 
twin-spot feathers visible on the middle of the breast and 
belly. 
I may here remark that, as pointed out by Captain Shelley 
[Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 30 (1903)], Hartlaub, in addition to 
the Estrelda nitidula mentioned above, described an entirely 
different bird under the name Lagonosticta nitidula [Bull. 
Mus. Belg. iv. p. 145, pi. iv. tig. 2 (1886)]. Capt. Shelley 
has renamed the latter bird Hypargus harterti, but as the two 
species belong to totally different genera both Hartlaub’s 
names ought to be retained. The character said to dis¬ 
tinguish the genus Hypargus from Pytelia and Lagonosticta 
is the attenuated extremity of the first primary quill. 
19. Neisna kilimensis Sharpe. 
Neisna kilimensis Reich. iii. p. 205. 
a. Ad. Nairobi, 20th May, 1902. 
20. Estrilda minor (Cab.). 
Estrilda astrild minor Reich, iii. p. 180. 
a. Imm. Nairobi, 28th May, 1902. (No. 215.) 
21. Sycobrotus insignis Sharpe. 
Ploceus insignis Reich, iii. p. 36. 
a. [ $ ] ad. Nairobi, 3rd June, 1902. (No. 298.) 
b. [ $ ] ad. Kikuyu Forest, 29th June, 1902. (No. 340.) 
This species was originally described by Dr. Sharpe 
from a female obtained on Mt. Elgon by Mr. F. J. Jackson 
( f Ibis,’ 1891, p. 117, pi. v. tig. 1). The type-specimen in 
the British Museum has the yellow on the under parts con¬ 
tinued on to the throat, as is also the case in a second female 
from Nandi obtained in June by Mr. Percival. In both these 
examples the throat is black. This appears to me to be the 
fully adult plumage. In a male, obtained at Eldoma Ravine 
in May, the feathers on the throat are black edged with 
yellow, shewing an intermediate stage of plumage. 
