210 



ploceiDj?;. 



dusky brown, but the most distinguishing character is the light tip 

 to tlie end of the inner web of the outer tail-feathers. 



Young. Nearly uniform brown, but lighter tlian the young of 

 Vidua 2>rinci2>(ilis, the eyebrow and sides of face being yellowish buif 

 as well as the ear-coverts ; the general colour below, too, is yellowish 

 buff instead of isabelline. 



Hub. Confined to South Africa. From Colesberg north through 

 the Transvaal to the Zambesi ; from Benguela to Damara-Land in 

 the west. 



Interior of South Africa (E. 



L. Layard). 

 Interior of South Africa. 

 R. Limpopo, Nov. 15 (jT. E. 



Buckley). 

 Near Rustenberg, E. Trans- 

 vaal, Jan. 1875. 

 Tati, Matabele-Land, March 



{F. Oates). 

 Damara-Land, Nov. ( C. 



J.A.). 

 Otjimbiuque, Damara-Land, 



July 18ti6 (C. J. A.). 

 Otjoro, Damara-Land, Nov. 



29, 18.59 (C. J. A.). 

 Otjoro, Nov. 25, 1859 {C. 



J. A.). 

 Omaruru, Feb. 13 {A. Erik- 



S07l). 



Ondonga, Ovampo Land, Nov. 

 28, 1866 (C. J. A.). 



Sharpe Coll. 



Sir A. Smith [C.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



F. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 



W. E. & C. G. Oates, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Type. 



3. LINURA. 



Linura, Reiche7i. Or7i. Centralbl. 1882, p. 91 L. fischeri. 



Ranrje. Eastern Africa from the Kilimanjaro district to Shoa. 



1. Linura fischeri. 



Vidua (Linura) fischeri, Reichen. Or7i. CeTitralhl. 1882, p. 91 ; id. 



J. f. 0. 1882, p. 350, Taf. ii. fig. 1 ; Fische7; Zeitsvhr. ges. Orn. 



i. p. 325 (1884). 

 Linura fischeri, Fische)-, J.f. 0. 1885, p. 135; Salvad. A7171. Mus. 



Civic. Genoi: (2) vi. p. 104 (1888). 

 Vidua fischeri, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 342, 1888, p. 292 ; id. P. Z. S. 



1889, p. 367. 



Adult male. General colour above black, the feathers of the 

 mantle and hack edged with sandy brown ; lower back and rump 

 uniform brown ; wing-coverts and quills black or blackish brown, 

 with a few remains of sandy-brown margins to the feathers ; upper 



