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Show 588 CAPT. G. E. S H E L L E Y O N [May 3 as follows:-H. minor, North-east Africa southward to the Zambesi; H. cinerea, West Africa from Senegal to the Gaboon : H. astrild; South Africa, extending into West Africa northward to the Congo, and found as an introduced bird on many of the islands, as St. Helena and Mauritius. 121, PlTYLIA CINEREIGULA. Pitylia cinereigula, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, pp. 101, 230 ; Fischer & Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 265 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 193. Lamo; Dar-es-Salaam. This species ranges from Lama to Dar-es-Salaam, and is apparently confined to the Zanzibar province. 122. LAGONOSTICTA MINIMA. Pytelia minima (Vieill.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 444 ; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 265 ; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 282; id. J. f. O. 1879, pp. 280, 286. Lagonosticta minima, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230; Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 352. Lamo ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. This species ranges in East Africa from about 10° N. lat. to the Transvaal, and on the west coast from Senegal to Damara-land. 123. LAGONOSTICTA POLIONOTA. Lagonosticta polionota, Shelley, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230. Dar-es-Salaam. This species ranges in East Africa from Mombas to Dar-es- Salaam, and in West Africa from Fantee to the Loango coast. 124. UR^EGINTHUS PHCENICOTIS. Pytelia phcenicotis (Swains.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 447 Fischer & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 265; Fischer, torn. cit. pp. 281, 282 ; id. J. f. O. 1879, p. 286. Estrelda cyanogastra, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358. Ura?ginthus phcenicotis, Cab. J. f. O. 1871, p. 229. Mariposa phcenicotis, Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. Dar-es-Salaam. This species ranges throughout Africa south of about 15° N. lat. The oldest title of this bird is, I consider, Fringilla Bengalus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 323; but that title should not be employed, as the species is not a native of Bengal. 125. HYPARGUS NIVEIGUTTATUS. (Plate L1I. fig. 2.) Spermophaga niveiguttata, Peters, J. f. O. 1868, p. 133; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230. Hypargos niveiguttata, Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 448 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, p. 280. Melinda ; Usambara hills ; Usambara mountains. This rare Finch ranges from Ndi in the Uteita country southward |