9. PrROMELANA. 231 



Emberiza orix, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 309 (17G6). 

 Grosbec de Cayenne, Bauhent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 309. fig. 2. 

 Grenadier Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 120 (1783). 

 Loxia orix, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 803 (1788) ; Baud. Traite, ii. p. 377 



(1800). 

 Le Loxie orix, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. 100, pi. Ixvi. (1805). 

 Coccotliraustes orix, Vieill. N. Diet. iVHist. Nat. xiii. p. 536 (1817). 

 Oryx oryx, Less. Traite, p. 4.38 (1831). 

 Euplectes orvx, S^aiins. B. W. Afr. i. p. 187 (1837) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 446 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. Hein. Tb. i. p. 177 (1850) ; Hartl. Orn. 



W.-Afr. p. 128 (1857); Reichenh. Singv. p. 57 (1861); Heugl, 



Orn.'N.O.-Afr. i. p. 569(1870); Shdrpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 62; 



Gurney, Ibis, 1871, p. 255; Biuklei/, Ibis, 1874, p. 381 ; Bocage, 



Or7i. Angola, p. 335 (1877-81) ; Ayre-s Ibis, 1878, p. 296 ; Sharpe, 



iti Oafes' Matabele-Land, App. p. 320 (1881) ; Butler, Feilden, 



8f Reid, Zool. 1882, p. 297. 

 Ploceus orvx, Grm/, Gen. B. ii. p. 352 (1849) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. 



p. 185 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 46, no. 6637 (1870). 

 Euplectes sundevalli, Bp. Comp. i. p. 446 (1850) ; Reidienh. Singv. 



p. 56 (1861) ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 322; Gurney, Ibis, 1865, p. 269, 



1868, p. 465. 

 Euplectes pseudorvx, Reichenb. Singi\ p. 56 (1861). 

 Euplectes edwardsi, Reichenb. t. c. p. 57 (1861). 

 Euplectes petiti {nee Des Murs), Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 322. 

 Ploceus sundevalli, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 46, no. 6638 (1870). 

 Pyrumelaua oryx, Finseh i^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 410 (1870) ; 



Gurney in Anderss. B. Dani.-Ld. p. 172 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. 



Layard' s B. S. Afr. pp. 462, 849 (1884); Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 382; 



Buttik. Notes Leyden Mus. x. p. 240 (1888), xi. p. 74 (1889). 

 Pyromelana sundevalli, Jlohib ^- Von Peh. Beitr. Orn. Sicdafr. p. 117 



(1882). 



Adult male. General colour above brilliant scarlet, the feathers 

 of the mantle slightly duller and more orange ; round the neck a 

 scarlet " wig :" the forehead and siuciput, lores, eyebrow, ear-coverts, 

 fore part of cheeks, and upper throat black ; hinder cheeks, side of 

 neck, lower throat, and fore neck scarlet; remainder of under surface 

 of body from the chest downwards velvety black ; lower flanks and 

 under tail-coverts scarlet ; thighs isabelline brown ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts isabelline brown ; quills light brown below, ashy 

 isabelline along the inner web : " bill dark brown ; feet brownish ; 

 iris dark brown " (C. J. Andersson). Total length 4-8 inches, 

 culmen 0'55, wing 3*1, tail 1*4, tarsus 0'8. 



Adidt female. Different from the male. Dull tawny brown, 

 streaked with black centres to the feathers, narrower on the head ; 

 wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers brown, edged with tawny or 

 isabelline brown ; a narrow but distinct eyebrow of yellowish buff ; 

 ear-coverts and cheeks light brown streaked with blackish ; under 

 surface light tawny brown, narrowly streaked with black, more 

 broadly on the sides of the body and flanks ; throat, breast, and 

 abdomen uniform isabelline ; thighs, under wing-coverts, and axil- 

 laries tawny buff, the latter with a yellow tinge ; quills dusky 

 brown below, isabelline along the inner web : " bill pale brown, 

 the upper mandible darker ; tarsi and feet pale ; iris ashy brown " 



