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9. yrEOMBLANA. 233 



m, n'. c7 ad. sk. Zambesi (Dr. Mellcr). Tweeddale Coll. 



o'. 5 ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Damara-Land, Sharpe Coll. 



Feb. 16, 186o(C. J. Andersson). 

 p'. 2 ad. sk. Ojidonga, Ovampoland, Nov. 0, Sharpe Coll. 



1866 (C. J. Andersson). 



4. Pyromelana nigrifrons. 



Pyromelana nigrifrons, i>67iwi, J./. O. 1884, p. 177; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 353; Eeichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 70 ; Matschie, J.f. O. 1887, 

 p. 69. 



Pyromelana flammiceps (wee Sw.), Bohm, J. f. 0. 1885, p. 67 ; 

 Matschie, J.f. O. 1887, p. 159. 



Adult male. Like P. franciscana , but -with only the forehead and 

 not the upper part of the head black, and the tail-coverts not elon- 

 gated ; bill black ; feet clear brownish flesh-colour ; iris brown. 

 Total length -I'So inches, wing 2-8. (Bohm.) 



Hab. Lake Tanganyika to the Victoria Nyanza. 



5. Pyromelana franciscana. 



Moineau du Cap de Bonne Espt^rance, Dauhent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 134. 



Loxia franciscana, Isert, Schrift. Gesellsch. nat. Freunde Berlin, vs.. 



p. 332, pi. ix. (1789). 

 Loxia ignicoLir, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. 92, pi. 59 (1805). 

 Fringilla ignicolor, Vieill. N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat. xii. p. 198 (1817) ; 



Hevipr. |- Ehr. Sijmb. Pkijs. fol. W. pi. ii (1828). 

 Euplectes ignicolor, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 184 (1837) ; Gordon, 



Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 9; Bp. Consp. i. p. 446 (1850) ; Scl. Contr. 



Orn. 1852, p. 125 ; Brehn, J. f. O. 1856, pp. 466, 476, 496 ; 



Anfin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 67 (1864) ; Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 109. 

 Fringilla oryx (nee L.), Dubois, Orn. Gal. p. 44, pi. 29 (1839). 

 Ploceus franciscanus. Gray, Gen, B. ii. p. 352 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 46, no. 6640 (1870). 

 Euplectes franciscanus, Ilengl. Syst. Uebers. p. 38 (1856) ; Hartl. 



Or7i. W.-Afr. p. 128 (1857) ; id. J. f. O. 1861, p. 175 ; Reichenb. 



Singv. p. 55, Taf. xxiii. figs. 193-199 (1861); Heugl. Orn. N.O.- 



Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 571 (1870), iv. App. p. cxxxii (1871); Sharpe, 



Ibis, 1809, p. 191 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 62 (1871) ; Shelley 8f Buckley, 



Ibis, 1872, p. 289; Antin. ^ Salrad. Viagg. Bogos, p. 118 (1873) ; 



Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 69 ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. 



p. 103 (1881), viii. p. 201 (1883); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. 



Genov. (2) i. p. 184 (1884) ; Hartert, J. / O. 1886, p. 58; 



Salvad. Ann. 3Itis. Civic. Genov. (2) vi. p. 288 (1888). 

 Pyromelana oryx (nee L.), Horsf. 4" Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. 



'p. 519 (1856). 

 Pyromelana franciscana, Finsch, J. f. O. 1869, p. 336 ; Finsch % 



Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 412 (1870) ; Beichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 40 ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 188o, p. 402 ; id. Ibis, 1886, p. 353 ; BiMik. Notes 



Leyden Mus. x. p. 89 (1888). 



Adult male. Above scarlet; crown as far as the nape black, con- 

 tinued in a line down the ear-coverts, sides of face, and lores ; cheeks, 



