338 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
white on one side of the head; and only a few white feathers 
near the eye on the other side, otherwise the specimen is 
apparently adult. 
71. Ortygospiza atricollts. 
Fringilla atricollis, Vieill. Enc. Meth. 1823; p. 990; Senegal. 
Amadina lunulata, Temm. MS.; Senegal; fide Hartl. Orn. 
W.-Afr. 1857; p. 148. 
Amadina polyzona, Hartl. tom. cit. p. 148; part, (nec 
descr.). 
Ortygospiza atricollis, Hartl. tom. cit. p. 274. 
Hah. N.E. and W. Afr. : Bongo, Upper White Nile, 
Gaboon, Cape Lopez, Casamanse, and Senegal. 
14. Hypochera. m 
Type. 
1850. Hypochera , Bp. Consp. i. p. 450 . . H. chalybeaia. 
I consider the present genus to contain only one species, 
varying slightly in size and considerably in the gloss, which 
shades from green, blue, and purple to almost dull black; but 
these slight differences do not appear to have any relation to 
their geographical distribution. 
72. Hypochera chalyreata. 
Black Linnet, Edwards, Gleanings, iii. 1764, p. 323, 
pi. 362. fig. 1 (good, blue gloss). 
Fringilla chalybeata . P. L. S« Mull. S. N. Suppl. 1776, 
p. 166 (blue gloss). 
Fringilla nitens, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 909 (blue gloss). 
Fringilla ultramarina, Gm. tom. cit. p. 927 (blue gloss). 
Comba-sou, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 44, pi. 21 (blue 
gloss). 
Loxigilla nitens, Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 444. 
Amadina nitens, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 199. 
Fringilla funerea, He Tarragon, Bev. Zool. 1847, p. 180 
(purple gloss). 
Philceterus nitens, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218. 
Hypochera nitens, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 450. 
Hypochera ultramarina, Bp. loc. cit. 
