Liberia ^^ 



Family Ploceid.i: 



Vidua Serena. 



Vidua principalis [\Awn.]\ JHittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 197 

 (RobcrtsportJ, viii. p 259 (Junk River), x. p. 91 (Schieffelins- 

 villc and Marshall), xi. pp. 124, 134 CFarmington, Junk, and 

 Mesurado Rivers), xii. p. 204 (Robertsportj ; id. Reisebilder 

 Liberia, ii. p. 416. 

 ]'\ screiia (Linn.); Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 217 (1904); 

 Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 209 (St. Paul's River). 



Pyromelana flammiceps, Swains. 



Coliopasser macurus, Grn. 



Q,uelea erythrops, Hartl. 



Pyrenestes coccineus, Cass. 



Zonogastris melba (Linn.). 



Ortygospiza polyzona, Temm. 



Estrelda rhodopyga, Sundev. 



Pytilia schlegelii, Sharpe. 



Amauresthes fringilloides (Lafr.). 



Spermestes bicobr. 



Spennestes bicolor (Fraser) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 202 

 (Sofore" Place, St. Paul's River), viii. p. 261 (Monrovia and 

 Junk Rivers), x. p. 62 (Schieffelinsville), xi. pp. 125, 134 (Mount 

 Olive), xii. p. 205 (Robertsport), Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 151 (1904); Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 209 (St. Paul's 

 River). 



S. cucullatus fSwains.). 



Nigrita emiliae, Sharpe. 



N. bicolor (Hartl.). 



Sporaeginthus melpodus. 



Estrelda luelpoda (Vieill.) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 260 

 (Oldfield and Schieffelinsville), xi. p. 134; id. Reisebilder 

 Liberia, ii. p. 417 ; id. Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. p. 205 (Roberts- 

 port). 

 Sponegiuthus melpodus, Sharpe, Cat. B Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 325 

 (1890) ; Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 210 (St. Paul's River). 



Ploceus nigerrimus, Vieill. 



P. nigricoUis. 



P. tricolor, Hartl. 



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