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6. Pyromelana friedrichseni. 



Euplectes friedrichseni, Fischer ^ Reichen. J. f. O. 1884, p. 65 ; 



Fischer, Zeitsehr. ges. Orn. i. p. 327, tab. xix. fig. 2 (1884) ; id. 



J.f. O. 1885, p. 134. 

 Pyromelana friedriclisoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1880, p. 352. 



Adult male. Upper part of the head, throat, breast, bell}% wings, 

 and tail black ; hinder part of the head, nape, back, and crop 

 scarlet ; upper tail-coverts black, Avith pale brown margins ; quills, 

 greater wing-coverts, and tail-feathers also with narrow margins of 

 pale brown ; under tail- coverts and bill clear brown : " bill black ; 

 feet horn-brown; iris brown" {G. A. Fischer). Total length 5'75 

 inches, wing 3-15, tail 2, tarsus 0-9, bill 0-65. {Fischer and 

 Iteichenow .) 



Bab. Masai-Land, E. Africa. 



7. Pyromelana gierowi. 



Euplectes gierowi, Cab. J.f. O. 1880, p. lOG, tab. iii. fig. 2 ; Socage, 



Orn. Angola, App. p. 558 (1881). 

 Pyromelana gierowi, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 352. 



Adult male. Bright yellow above, inclining to orange or scarlet on 

 the hinder head and neck ; forehead, lores, feathers round the eye, 

 sides of face, and chin black ; throat and chest orange or scarlet ; 

 lower breast and abdomen black ; thighs and under tail-coverts 

 brown ; wings and tail black. (Descr. ex Gab. Jig. I. c.) 



Hab. Quango, interior of Angola. {Mus. Berol.) 



8. Pyromelana aurea. 



Golden-backed Finch, Broimi, lUusir. Zool. p. 60, pi. xxv. (1776). 

 Gold-backed Grosbeak, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. part i. p. 115 (1783). 

 Loxia aurea, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 846 (1788). 

 Coccothraustes aurea, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xiii. p. 528 



(1817). 

 Euplectes auriuotus. Swains. An. in Ilenag. p. 310 (1837) ; Hartl. 



Orn. W.-Afr. p. 129 (1857). 

 Ploceus aureus. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 353 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. ii, 



p. 46, no. 6641 (1870). 

 Euplectes aureus, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 339 (1877-81). 

 Pyromelana aurea, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 354, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



Adult male. General colour above golden yellow, the feathers of 

 the lower rump fringed with black at the ends ; scapulars black, 

 edged with sandy brown ; wing-coverts black, the median coverts 

 edged with white, the greater coverts with tawny or sandy buff ; 

 bastard-wing, primary- coverts, and quills black, the latter with 

 sandy -brown edges ; upper tail-coverts brown, with some yellow and 

 black-tipped feathers intermixed, as if they were all going to be 

 yellow in time ; tail-feathers black, with brown margins, the outer 

 ones with a small white tip ; crown of head and nape entirely black : 



