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18G3, p. 350 ; Vins. Voy. Madag. Ann. B, p. 2 (1865) ; A. Neiot. 



P. Z. S. 18G5, p. 836; Schl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 421; Grmidid. Rev. 



et Mac/, de Zoul. 1867, p. 389 ; Schl. ^ Pull. Faune Madag., Oia. 



p. 107 (1868); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 61 (1871); Haril. Viig. 



Madag. p. 219 (1877) ; Milne-Edwards ^ Grandid. Hist. Nat. 



Madag., Ois. p. 455, pi. clxxvii. a. fig. 4, pi. clxxxiii. figs. 1, 2 



(1885); Mihw-EdiLHtrds i)- Oust. N. Arch. Mas. (2) x. p. 272 (1889). 

 Lepidopygia nana, Peichenb. Singv. p. 48, pi. xvii. fig. 152 (1853). 

 Amadina nana, Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 54, no. 6751 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, the lower rump and 

 upper tail-coverts straw-j'ellow ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, the inner secon- 

 daries like the back ; tail-feathers blackish brown ; crown of head 

 dark ashj- grey, contrasting slightly with the back ; lores black : 

 feathers round eye and sides of face ashy grey, the ear- coverts a 

 little browner ; cheeks pearly grey ; throat black ; remainder of 

 body from the lower throat downwards light tawny brown, with an 

 ashy shade over the fore neck and breast ; abdomen paler and more 

 fulvescent ; under tail-coverts dusky blackish, with broad ochreous- 

 buff margins ; under wing-coverts light tawny buff ; quills below 

 dusky, ashy along the inner edge : " upper mandible black, the 

 lower one whitish ; feet flesh-colour ; iris brown " {Pollen). 

 Total length 3-6 inches, cnlmen 0-4, wing 1'8, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-5. 



The adult female is similar to the male, but wants the black chin 

 {Orandidier). 



Young. Browner than the adults, the head like the back ; sides 

 of face brown ; cheeks and under surface of body light tawny brown, 

 paler and more ashy on the throat. 



Hab. Madagascar, Mayotte, Great Comoro. 



a. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Sharpe Coll. 



d. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Mr. Gerrard [C.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Madagascar {Capt. Betvsher). Shelley Cull. 

 /. Ad. sk. Madagascar. Shelley Coll. 

 g, h. Ad. et Ankafana Forest, Betsileo, Shelley Coll. 



juv. sk. March & April (IF. Deans 



Cowan). 

 i. $ juv. sk. Ankafana, March. Rev. W. Deans 



Cowan [C.]. 



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Amauresthes, Reichcnb. Smgv. p. 86 (1861) A. fringilloides. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



1. Amauresthes fringilloides. 



loides, Lafr. Mag. de Zool. 1835, ] 

 gilloides, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. S 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 826 ; Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 54, no. 6752 (1870). 

 Munia fringilloides, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 453 (1850). 



rioceus fringilloides, Lafr. 3Iag. de Zool. 1835, pi. 48. 



Amadina fringilloides, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 (1849) ; Hartl. 



