318 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Hypargos verreauxi, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 22, pi. 6. 
fig. 49. 
Hypargus margaritatus, Sharpe, ed. Layarfs B. S. Afr. 
1884, p. 476. 
Hab. S. Afr., Cape Town. 
29. Hypargus monteiri. 
Piytelia monteiri, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. Ill, pi. 161, 
Bern be in Angola. 
Hab. N.E. and W. Afr.: Upper White Nile, about 5° N. 
lat., and from Angola to the Loango Coast. 
a, $ . November, Kudermo ( Emin Bey). b,$\ c, $ . Lan- 
dana ( Shelley Mus .). 
10. Pytilia. 
1837. Pytilia , Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 202, Type. 
note. P. phcenicoptera. 
1837. Pytelia, Swains. Class. B. ii. p. 280 . P. phcenicoptera / 
1851. Zonogastris, Cab. Mns. Hein. i. 
p. 172.P. melba. 
1861. Marquetia, Reichb. Singvog. p. 48 . P. melba. 
Pytilia and Lagonosticta run very naturally into each 
other, and show their affinities to Hypargus mostly in the 
pattern of the colouring of the underparts of some of the 
Pytilia and in the upper parts of the Lagonosticta. 
Pytelia capistrata, Hartl., I refer to under the genus 
Estrelda. 
I have not seen a specimen of P. lineata. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Upper parts entirely olive; underparts pale 
olive, many of the breast-feathers with dusky 
centres, each enclosing two large white spots. 30. P. nitidula. 
b. Breast black, boldly spotted with white in the 
male; entire plumage olive in the female; 
bill red. 31. P. schleyeli. 
c. Breast barred; rump and upper tail-coverts and 
portion of the tail red; bill uniform red or 
slaty grey. 
