1. VIDUA. 203 



o'' . Tail not so strongly graduated, but 

 the cpntre feathers produced to a 



thread-like point 37. Poephila, p. 375. 



A'. Tail longer than wing, exceeding it by 



less than length of tarsus. 



p'. Inner secondaries elongated, so as to 



equal the primaries in length. 



h'". Bill sharply pointed and stout, the 



exposed portion of the culmen 



more than equal to the length of 



the hind toe and claw 38. Erythrura, p. 380. 



i'" . Bill much more curved, the ex- 

 posed portion of the culmen less 

 than the length of the hind toe 

 and claw, 

 e'. Nostrils exposed and not entirely 

 hidden by feathers at base of 



forehead 40. Neochmia, p. 389. 



/*. Nostrils hidden by plumelets at 



base of forehead 41. Estrilda, p. 390. 



q" . Inner secondaiies not perceptibly 



elongated ; second primary falcated. 42. Gbanatina, p. 403. 



1. VIDUA*. 



Type. 



Vidua, Cuvier, Lemons Anaf. Coinp. i. Tabl. ii. (1800) . . No type indi- 

 cated. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Under surface of body white principalis, p. 203. 



b. Under surface of body blue-black like the 



upper surface hypochevina, p. 208. 



1. Vidua principalis. 



Long-tailed Sparrow, Udwards, Gleanings, ii. p. 126, pi. 270. fis:. 1 



(1760). 

 La petite Veuve, Bi-iss. Orn. iii. p. 124, pi. viii. fig. 2 (1760). 

 La grande Veuve, Briss. t. c. p. 127 ; Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. 



p. 162 (1778). 

 La Veuve d'Angola, Briss. Orn. vi. App. p. 80 (1760). 



* Vidua supeeciliosa. 



Fringilla siiperciliosa, Vicill. N. Diet, d' Hist. Nai. xii. p. 216 (1817) ■ id. 



# Oted. Gal. Ois. i. p. 73, pi. Ixi. (1825), 

 Vidua superciliosa, Grai/ in Griffith's ed. Cuvier Regnc Anim. ii. p. 150 



(1829); Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 355 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 449 (1850); 



Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 47, no. 6663 (1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 341. 

 Videstrelda superciliosa, Lafr. Bev. et ISlag. de Zool. 1860, p. 325. 



This species is unknown to me. 



