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Loria cucullata Swainson, Zuol. Illustr. , 1820, pi. 7. 



Spermestes cucullata Swainson, Birds West Afr. , i, 1837, 201. — Muller, Descr. 

 Nouv. Ois. Afr., pt. iv, 1854, pi. Ki.— Hartlaub, Orn. West- Afr., 1857, 147; 

 Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 259; Abh. nat. Ver. Bremen, viii, 1883, 202.— Cassin, 

 Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1859, 138.— Dohrn, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, 

 329.— SuNDEVALL, (Efv. k. Vet Ak. Torh., 1869, 597.— Keulemans, Onze 

 Vog., i, 1869, pi. 43.— Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, 192; Cat. Afr. Birds, 1871, 64, part; 

 Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xiii, 1890, 264.— Shelley and Buckley, Ibis, 1872, 

 289.— Ussher, Ibis, 1874, 69.— Reichenow, Journ. fur Orn., 1875, 42.— 

 Sharpe and Bouvier, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i, 1875, 49. — Oustalet, Nouv. 

 Arch. Mus. (2) ii, 1879, Bull., p. 111.— Allen, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, v, 1880, 

 121. in text (Porto Rico). — Pelzeln, Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xxxi, 1881, 152.— 

 Forbes, Ibis, 1883, 505, 508, 517.— Shelley, Ibis, 1883,553; 1886, 309, part. 

 — BtJTTiKOFER Notes Leydcn Mus., viii, 1886, 261. — Hartert, Journ. i'ur 

 Orn., 1886, 584 (Porto Rico; introduced). 



Sp[ermestes] cucullata Cabanis, Mus. Hein. i, 1853, 173 (Senegal). — Reichenbach, 

 Singvogel, 1861, 37, pi. 13, figs. 114, 115.— Heuglin, Journ. fur Orn., 1868, 

 1 (n. e. Africa, crit.). 



[Spermestes] cucullata Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 454. 



Spermestes cucullatus Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1874, 312 (Porto Rico); 1878, 

 160, 174 (Porto Rico; habits); Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 1878, 206 (Porto 

 Rico; introduced).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 214; Birds West Ind., 1889, 101; 

 Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 111.— Bowdish, Auk. xx, 1903, 13 (Porto Rico; 

 habits). 



[Spermestes] cucullatus Cory, List West Ind. Birds, 18S5, 13 (Porto Rico); revised 

 ed., 1886, 13 (do.). 



Amadina cucullata Sundevall, (Efv. k. Vet.-Akad. Stockh., 1849, 159. 



A[macRna] cucullata Gray, Gen. Birds ii, 1849, 370. 



[Amadina] cucullata Gray, Hand-list, ii, 1870, 54, no. 6746. 



Loxia (Spermestes) cucullata Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc N. H., x, 1866, 254 (Porto 

 Rico). 



Loxia prasiptenion Lesson, Rev. Zool., 1839, 104. 



Genus ESTRILDA Swainson. 



Estrilda Swainson, Zool. Journ., iii, 1827, 349. (Type, Loxia astrild Linnseus.) 



Estrelda (emendation) Swainson, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 280. 



Habropyga Cabanis, Weigmann's Archiv. fiir Naturg., 1847, 331 (new name for 

 Estrilda .Swainson) . 



Sporaeginthus a Cabanih. Mus. Hein., i, August, 185J, 170. (Type, Fringillu uinan- 

 dava Linnaeus.) 



Uraeginthusb Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, Aug., 1851, 171. (Type, FriiigUlu bengal us 

 Linnseus. ) 



^mandat'a Reichenbach, Singvogel, J861, 15. {Typv, Amudiun puiirtatu lMyt\\,= 

 Fringilla- amandava Linnseus. ) 



Melpoda Reichenbach, Singvogel, 1861, 26. (Type, FringiJla lippa Reichen- 

 bach, =F. melpoda Vieillot.) 



Mariposa Reichenbach, Singvogel, 1861, 48. (Type, Fringilla ungohnsis Lin- 

 nseus.) 



Brunhilda Reichenbach, Singvogel, 1861, 48. (Type, Fringilla enjthronotos 

 Vieillot.) 



Haplopyga Heuglin, Orn. Nord Ost- Africa, App., 1871, p. cxxxvii. (Type, 

 Loxia astrild Linnseus.) 



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