9. PTROMELANA. 227 



(Type 



9. PYROMELANA. „ 



Type. 



Oryx, Less, {nee Oken, 1816), Traife, p. 4.37 (1831) P. capensis. 



Euplectes, Sioains. {nee Leach, 1817), B. W. Afr. i. p. 186 



(1837) P. capensis. 



Pyromeiana, Bp. Saggio Distr. Met. Anim. Vertebr. p. 141 



(1831) P. oryx, 



Orvnx, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 176 (ex Reichenb. Syst. 



Nat. Taf. Ixxvi.) P. capensis. 



Taha, Reichenb. Singv. p. 73 (1861) P. taha. _ 



Xantliomelaena, Bp. Consp. i. p. 447 P. capensis. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lower back and rump scarlet. 



a'. Crown scarlet like the hind neck; no black 



on the crown. 



a". Larger: wing 2'55-2-9 inches ; fore neck 



and chest scarlet ; under tail-coverts 



tawny buff ; under wing-coverts black . . flammiceps, p. 228. 



b". Smaller: wing 2-l-2'4 inches; fore neck 



and chest black like the rest of the under 



surface; under tail-coverts scarlet ; under 



wing-coverts tawny buff nigriventris, p. 230. 



b'. Fore part of crown black, 

 c". Under tail-coverts scarlet. 



a"'. Upper tail-coverts not reaching beyond 

 the tail : larger ; wing 2'6-3'l inches ; 



throat black oryx, p. 230. 



b'". Upper tail-coverts not reaching beyond 

 the tail ; no black on the throat ; 

 black on fore part of crown not reaching 



beyond the forehead nigrifrons, p. 233. 



c'" . Upper tail-coverts reaching beyond 

 the tail ; no black on the throat ; fore- 

 head and fore part of crown black . . franciscana, p. 233. 

 d". Under tail-coverts brown friedrichsetii, p. 235. 



b. Lower back and rump jellow. 

 c'. With black on the crown. 



e". With the mantle and back yellow, con- 

 trasting with the black on the head. 

 d"'. Forehead and fore part of crown black ; 

 hinder crown like the throat and cliest, 



orange gierowi, p. 235. 



e'". Forehead black like the rest of the 



crown aurea, p. 235. 



/'". Forehead orange : hind head and nape 



black diademata, p. 236. 



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