216 rLOCEiD^. 



Vidua lenocinia, Less. Traits, p. 437 (1831) ; Grmj, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 355 (1849). 

 Vidua torquata, Less. Compl. Bvff. viii. p. 278 (1837). 

 Vidua i-ubritorques,&r«j«s. B. W. Afr. i. p. 174(1837); Gurney, 



J&w, 1860, p. 211. 

 Vidua concolor, Cussin, Proc. Bhilad. Acad. 1848, p. 66 ; id. Jmrn. 



Philad.Acad. i. p. 241, pi. 30. fig. 1 (1849); Gray, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 355 (1849) ; Haiti. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 138 (1857) ; Gray, 



Hatid-l. B. ii. p. 48, bo. 6670 (1870) ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 343 



(1881). 

 Vidua ardens, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 355 (1849) ; Hartl. Orii. W.-Afr. 



p. 138 (1857); Kirk, Ibis, 1804, p. 321; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 321 (1867) ; Gray, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 48. no. 6669 (1870) ; Sharpe, 



ed. Layard' sB. S. Afr. pp. 445, 849 (1884). 

 Coliostnithus concolor, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Stockh. 



1849, p. 158. 

 Penthetria rubritorques, Bp. Consp. i. p. 448 (18.50). 

 Pentlietria concolor, Bp. Consp. i. p. 448 (1850) ; Hartl. Ahhandl. 



nat. Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 20 (1883) ; Cah. J.f. O. 1883, p. 218. 

 Penthetria ardens, Cab. Mas. Hein. Tli. i. p. 177 (1850) ; Finsch 



4- Harll. Viig. Ostafr. p. 423 (1870) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 63 



(1871); Beichen. Mitth. Afrik. Ges. Beutschl. i. p. 6 (1874); 



Bocaqe, Orn. Angola, p. 5.59 (1881) ; Sharpe, App. Gates' Matabele- 



Lan'd, p. 320 (1881) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 301. 

 Pentheria auricollis, Licht. NoinencL Av. I\eotr. p. 49 (1854). 

 Pentheria panayeusis, Licht. t. c. p. 49 (1854). 

 Niobe ardens, Eeichenb. Sinqv. p. 61, Taf. xxvi. figs. 219, 220 (1861) ; 



Butler, Feilden, S^_ Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 298. 

 Penthetria hartlaubi (jiec Bocage), Cab. J. f. 0. 1883, p. 218. 

 Coliustruthus ardens, Finsch, J.f. 0. 1885, p. 135. 

 Coliuspasser ardens, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 346. 



Adult male. Entirely black above and below, ■with a scarlet 

 collar across the fore neck ; the back, -wings, thighs, and under tail- 

 coverts with more or less remains of sandy-brown edges to the 

 feathers. Total length 12 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 2-9, tail 8-4, 

 tarsus 0*85. 



A specimen from Shupanga is rather smaller than those from 

 Natal (wing 2-7 inches). Sometimes the gorget is orange instead of 

 scarlet, and it is probable that these paler-coloured specimens are 

 the younger males in their first full plumage. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Sandy brown streaked 

 with black, a little less distinctly on the lower back and rump ; 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers dark brown, edged with 

 sandy buff, the bastard-wing and primary-coverts blacker ; crown 

 like the back ; a distinct whitish eyebrow ; lores and feathers below 

 the eye whitish ; ear-coverts sandy buff ; under surface of body 

 uniform yellowish buff, the throat, breast, and abdomen clearer 

 isabelline, the under tail- coverts with dark brown centres ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries clear isabelline. Total length 4"8 

 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-5, tail 1-G, tarsus 0-8. 



The males in winter plumage at first exactly resemble the old 

 females, but are soon to be told by their blacker wings and tail. 



