320 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Estrelda elegans, Rupp. Neue Wirt). 1835-40, p. 101. 
Estrelda speciosa, Des Murs in Lefebvre^s Yoy. Abyss. 
1845-50, p. 173. 
Estrelda melba , Gray & Mitchell, Gen. R. ii. 1849, p. 369. 
Pytelia melba , Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 461. 
Zonogastris elegans, Cab. Mns. Hein. i. 1851, p. 172. 
Pytelia citerior , Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 151. 
Marquetia elegans , Reicbb. Singvog. 1861, p. 48, pi. 18. 
figs. 159, 160. 
Zonogastris citerior, Hengl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 19. 
Zonogastris melba, Hengl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 138. 
Hab . The whole of Africa south from about 16° N. lat., 
with the exception of tropical West Africa between the 
Gaboon and Casamanse. 
The northern and southern forms have frequently been 
separated under the titles of P. citerior and P. melba, but 
the characters are not, I consider, sufficiently constant and 
well marked. 
a, August, Kuro (Jesse), b. May, Lado (Emin Bey), 
c, $ . October, Bamangwato. d, <$. September, Matahele. 
e, $ juv. June. f, <$ . December, Damara (Shelley Mus.). 
33. Pytilia afra. 
Fringilla afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 905; Vieill. N. D. 
xii. 1817, p. 243 (type exam.). 
Estrelda afra, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 369. 
Pytelia afra, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 462. 
Pytelia melba, F. & H. Yog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 442 (part.). 
Pytelia wieneri, Russ, Gef. Welt. August 1877, p. 317; 
Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 40, pi. 47. fig. 2. 
Pytelia cinereigula, Cab. Orn. Centralbl. December 1877, 
p. 182, Mombas (type exam.). 
Hab. E. and W. Afr.: Zanzibar Province from Lamu to 
Dar-es-Salaam, and from Angola to Landana. 
a, $ . March, Landana (Shelley Mus .). 
34. Pytilia hypogrammica. 
Pytelia hypogrammica, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 56, Fantee 
(type exam.). 
