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Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
9. PhILETvERUS cabanisi. 
Nigrita cabanisi, Fischer & Reichen. J. f. O. 1884, p. 54, 
Pare in Masai (type exam.). 
Hab. E. Afr., Pare. 
10. PhILETjERUS arnaudi. 
“ Nigrita arnaudi, Pucheran, MS. Paris Mns.; ” Bp. Consp. 
i. 1850, p. 444, White Nile; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pi. 20. 
Hab. N.E. & E. Afr., between 10° N. lat., and 3° S. lat., 
from the White Nile to Masai-land. 
a, $. March, Lado. b. April, Wasonerbor (,Shelley 
Mus .). 
3. Spermestes. 
1837. Spermestes , Swains. B. W. Afr. i. Type. 
p. 201. S. cucullatus. 
1861. Amaurestes, Reichb. Singvog. p. 86, 
pi. 44. tig. 322. S. fringilloides. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Larger. Wing more than 2-2 inches long. 
Head and neck black. Mantle and wings 
brown, with a few white streaks on the wing- 
coverts . 
b. Smaller. Wing less than 2 inches long. With 
no white streaks on the wing-coverts. 
b l . Mantle and quills earthy brown, with a 
metallic green patch on the shoulders .... 
c x . Mantle chestnut. Quills black, partially 
barred with white . 
d 1 . Head, neck, and mantle uniform black. 
d 2 . Quills and rump strongly barred with 
white. 
e 2 . Quill and rump uniform black, the former 
occasionally marked with a few white 
spots. 
11. S. fringilloides. 
12. S. cucullatus. 
13. S. rufodorsalis. 
14. S. poem 
15. S. bicolor. 
11. Spermestes fringilloides. 
Ploceus fringilloides, Lafr. Mag. Zool. 1835, pi. 48. 
Amadina fringilloides, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 
p. 370. 
