14. QUELEA. 259 



0. (Ja.d.;p,q. $ Damara Land (C /. An- Sharpe Coll. 



ad. sk. dersson). 



r. cJ biem. sk. Otiimbinque, Damara Land, Sharpe Coll. 



Oct. 2, 1806 (C. J. An- 



dersson). 

 8. (S hiem. sk. Elephant Vlev, Aug. 21, Sharpe Coll. 



1S59 (C. J. A.), 

 t. <S hiem. sk. Swakop River, June 23, Sharpe Coll. 



186.3(0./.^.). 

 u. 2ad.sk. Swakop River, June 23, Tweeddale Coll. 



1863 (C. J. A). 

 V. 2 ad. sk. Capano-ombe, Benguela (J. Sharpe Coll. 



Anchiefa). 

 w. ^ ad.sk. Kibiro, June 5, 1886. Emiu Pasha [P.]. 



.r. S ad. sk. West Africa. Kiocour Coll. 



Subsp. «. duelea intermedia. (Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Hvphantica quelea (nee L.), Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 232. 

 Hvphantica intermedia, lieichen. J.f. 0. 1866, p. .394. 

 Quelea intermedia, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) vi. p. 294 

 (1888). 



Adult. Similar to Q. quelea, and only differing in the smaller 

 amount of black on the forehead. This, however, varies considerably 

 with individuals, and the characters are not of great importance. 

 Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2-7, tail 1'4, tarsus 0-75. 



Hah. East Africa. 



a, b, c. Ad. ; J. Juv. sk. Lamo, E. Africa {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



4. Quelea sethiopica. (Plate X. fig. 5.) 



Emberiza quelea {7iec L.), Des Murs in Lefebvres Voy. Abyss, p. 119 



(1845). 

 Ploceus sanguinirostris {nee L.), iStricJd. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 ; 



S/iarpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 61 (1871, pt.) ; Bohm, J.f. O. 188.3, p. 199. 

 Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. tethiopicus, Sundev. (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad, 



Fiirh. Stockh. 18.50, p. 126. 

 Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. major, Sundev. t. c. p. 126. 

 Coccothraustes sanguinirostris, JEeuql. Syst. Uehers. p. 39 (1850). 

 Quelea orientalis, ^('M^;. J.f. O. 1862, p. 27. 

 Quelea sanguinirostris, Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 67 (1884). 

 Ploceus sethiopicus, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 44, no. 6619 (1870) ; 



Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 263 (1870) ; id. Sf Haiil Vog. Ostafr. 



p. 409, note (1870). 

 Hvphantica pethiopica, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 643 (1870); 



yischer ^ Reichen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 352 ; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. 



Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 201 (1883) ; Mscher, Zeitschr. yes. Orn. i. 



p. 327 (1884) ; Reichen. J.f. O. 1880, p. 393, 1887, p. 70. 

 Quelea sethiopica, Blanf. Geol. 8f- Zool. Abyss, p. 405 (1870) ; Antin. 



(§■ Salvad. Viayg. Boyos, p. 119 (1873) ; Peh. Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 



xxxii.p.506 (1881); Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 585; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 177 (1884) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 358. 



Adult male. Similar to Q. quelea, but rather larger, and having the 

 black confined to the sides of the face and throat, but not extending 



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