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d, e. Ad. et iuim. Melinda (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



sk. 



/. Ad. sk. Zcambesi (Sir J. Kirk), Sharpe Coll. 



ff. Imm. sk. Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



3. Lagonosticta margaritata. 



Spermophaga mai-garitata, Strickl. Ann. i^- Mckj. Nat. Hist. xiii. 



p. 418, pi. X. (1844) ; Salviii, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 249 (1882). 

 Spermophaga margarita, Des Murs, Iconogr. Orn. pi. 64 (1848) *. 

 Spermospiza margaritata, Grai/, Gen. B. iii. App. p. 16 (1849). 

 Habrop3'ga margaritata, Bp. Consp. i. p. 461 (1850). 

 Hypargus verreaiixi, Reichenh. Sinr/r. p. 22, Taf. vi. fig. 49 (1861). 

 Hypargus margaritatus, Finsch ^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 449 (1870) ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 476 (1884) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, 



p. 317. 

 Estrelda margaritata, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 52, no. 6726 (1870). 



Adult. The whole of the upper parts are rich ferruginous brown, 

 except the quills, which are dusky within ; the upper tail-coverts 

 and outer margins of the rectrices dull vinous red, and their inner 

 webs and apical portions black. The circuit of the eyes, cheeks, 

 throat, and breast pale claret-red, rest of lower parts deep black, 

 spotted next the breast and on the sides with large pearl-like spots 

 the colour of peach-blossom, of which two are xjlaced transversely 

 and subterminally on each feather. Total length 4*75 inches, 

 culmen 0-5, wing 2*1, tail 2, tarsus 0*75. (StricHand.) 



Hah. Cape Colony. 



4. Lagonosticta senegala, 



Le Senegal! rouge, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 208, pi. x. fig. 2 (1760). 



Fringilla senegala, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 320 (1766). 



Le Senegali, Daid)ent. PI. Enl. iv. pi. 157. fig. 1 ; Month. Hid. Nat. 



Ois. iv. p. 99 (1778). 

 Fire-bird, Brown, III. Zool. pi. 2. fig. 2 (1776). 

 Senegal Finch, Lath. Gen. Syji. ii. pt. i. p. 312 (1783). 

 Fire Finch, Lath. t. c. p. 318 (1783, e.v Brown). 

 Fringilla iguita, Gin. Syst. Nat. i. p. 906 (1788, ex Brown). 

 Estrelda senegala, Grai/, Gen. B. ii. p. 368 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 460(1850); Hartl Orn. 7F;-4/'r. p. 143 (1857) ; Grai/, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 52, no. 6717 (1870). 

 Lagonosticta iguita, Reichenb. Singv. p. 18, Taf. iv. fig. 36 (1861 ). 

 Lagonosticta senegala, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 323 (pt.). 



Adult male. General colour above crimson, the back browner but 

 washed with crimson ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts 

 deep crimson ; wing-coverts brown with crimson margins ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quOls brown, narrowly edged with olive- 

 brown ; tail-feathers black, washed with deep crimson along the 



* Atnadina verreauxi on the plate. 



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