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Show 586 CAPT. G. E. SHELLEY O N [May 3, 1 13. EUPLECTES NIGRIVENTRIS. Pyromelana nigriventris (Cass.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 415 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 171, 179, 206, 208, 425, 426 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. Euplectes nigriventris, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 715 ; Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 264 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 286, 303 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, pp. 187, 190, 192. Lamo ; Pangani; Ugogo. This species is confined to East Africa, where it ranges from Mombas to Mosambique. 114. EUPLECTES XANTHOMELAS. Pyromelana capensis (part.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 416. Euplectes capensis, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358; Fischer & Reichenow, J, f. O. 1878, p. 264. Oryx xanthomelas (Riipp.), Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 351. Lamo ; Usambara mountains ; Ugogo; Dar-es-Salaam. Swainson records E. capensis from Senegal; and were it not that I doubt the authenticity of Swainson's locality, I should expect his bird to belong to the present species, which is known to range from Abyssinia, throughout East Africa, to Natal. The larger but closely allied E. capensis ranges from Natal and the Transvaal, throughout the western portion of South Africa, to Angola. 115. UROBRACHYA ZANZIBARICA, sp. n. IPenthetria axillaris, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 264; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 283; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 286; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 351. Lamo ; Melinda; Pangani; Usambara mountains. Similar in size and general plumage to 17. axillaris (Smith), but differs in the far greater amount of rufous-brown on the primary-and greater wing-coverts ; primary-coverts rufous-brown, only tipped with black; greater wing-coverts rufous-brown; the outer feather with the end and the end-half of the outer web black ; about five of the inner greater coverts are black, edged with rufous-brown ; and in the next three or four the black becomes limited to spots near the ends of the inner webs, the remaining five or six greater wing-coverts being entirely without any black portions. Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 0*65, wing 3*5, tail 2*7, tarsus I. I have compared eight adult males of this species from the above localities with seven specimens of U. axillaris from Natal, and find the characters mentioned perfectly constant. 116. VIDUA PARADISEA. Vidua paradisea (Linn.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 424. Vidua verreauxi, Finsch & Hartl. torn. cit. p. 426 ; Fischer, |