766 REPORT OF THE HARVARD AFRICAN EXPEDITION 
Estrilda astrild nyansae Neumann 
Estrilda astrild nyansae Neumann, Journ. f. Orn., 1907, p. 596: Bukoba, w. of Victoria Nyanza. 
Female (?) Kibati, 28 March 1927. 
Although the original label of this specimen reads ‘‘Female?”’, the collector 
writes ‘“‘ovary very slightly developed.” The bird agrees with a series in the 
Museum of Comparative Zodlogy. 
Estrilda melpoda melpoda (Vieillot) 
Fringilla melpoda Vieillot, Nouv. Dict. xii, 1817, p. 177: Senegambia. 
Male, Mistandungu, 15 December 1926. 
This bird is lighter below than a male from Metet, Cameroon, with which it 
otherwise agrees. 
Estrilda nonnula Hartlaub 
Astrilda nonnula Hartlaub, Journ. f. Orn., 1883, p. 435: Kudurma, Bahr-el-Ghazal. 
Male, Bumba, 30 December 1926. 
This specimen agrees with typical nonnula in the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology. Reichenow’s race tenerrima is probably not valid as the characters used 
(pale lead-gray under tail-coverts and entire underparts tinged with gray) seem 
very variable. This race (tenerrima) is said to inhabit the central Belgian Congo. 
The present specimen comes from the north central Congo and should be tener- 
rima, but it is lighter than birds from Tanganyika Territory, Kenya Colony, 
and Uganda. 
Otyphantes stuhlmanni stuhlmanni (Reichenow) 
Symplectes stuhlmanni Reichenow, Orn. Monatsb., 1893, p. 29: Wallia, w. of Lake Edward. 
Two females, juvenile, Lulenga, 1 March and 4 March 1927. 
These two immature birds were identified in the field by Dr. James P. Chapin. 
As I have no pertinent comparative material, I place them under this name on 
the strength of his identification, with the conviction that he is correct as usual. 
In the general coloration of the body, wings, and tail, they agree with a male 
from Mengo, Uganda. However, the heads have no black but are bright olive 
green like the back, this difference being due to sex and age. The entire under- 
parts are rich yellow. The bills, as in all young birds, are much shorter than in 
adults, and are brownish, not black. 
The bird collected on 1 March could not have been out of the nest more than 
a week. The rectrices and remiges are still basally enclosed in their sheaths. 
The other bird is older and has all the feathers full grown. Both are in fresh 
juvenal plumage. 
Hyphanturgus nigricoliis vacillans (van Someren) 
Heteryphantes nigricollis vacillans van Someren, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., xli, 1921, p. 123: Budongo 
forest, Uganda. 
Male, Yalembe, 7 January 1927. 
H. n. vacillans is a good race, and may be told from typical nigricollis by its 
