18. LAGONOSTICTA. 277 



k. 5 ad. sk. River Niger (Dr. Baikie). Sharpo Coll. 



l,m. (5 5 fid. sk. Lokoja, River Niger, Forbes Coll. 



August ( W. A. F.). 



n. cJ ad. sk. West Africa. Riocour CoU. 



6. Lagonosticta brunneiceps. 



Fringilla senegala (nee L.), Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 27 (182.3). 

 Estrilda minima (nee V.), Rilpp. Neue Wirh., Voff. p. 101 (1835-40) ; 



id. Si/st. Uebers. p. 77 (1845) ; ITeuf/l. J. f. 0. 1861, p. 105, 1862, 



p. 20, 1864, p. 249, 1868, p. U; Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 100 ; SeL 



P. Z. S. 1864, p. 110; Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 71 (1864); 



Lmjard, B. S. Afr. p. 107 (1867) ; Blanf. Geol. ^ Zool. Ahjss. 



p. 400 (1870). 

 FringiUa (Estrelda) minima (nee V.), Heiigl. Syst. Uebers. p. 49 



(1856). 

 Lagonosticta minima (nee V.), Brehm, Reis. Hahesch, pp. 217, 340 

 . (1863) ; Ilartm. J. f. 0. 1863, p. 466 ; Cab. in Von der Declen's 



Reis. iii. p. 52 (1869); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 612 (1870); 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 143 ; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 66 (1871 , pt.) ; 



Gurney, in Anderss. B. Dam.-Ld. p. 176 (1872) ; Antin. Sf Salvad. 



Viagy. Bogos, p. 115 (1873) ; Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 230; Bocage, 



Orn. Ani/ola, p. 363 (1881) ; Sharpe, iti Oates^ Matabek-Land, 



App. p. 321 (1881); Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 588; id. Ibis, 



1882, p. 356 ; Bohm, J. f. O. 1883, pp. 184, 201 ; Schalow, 



t. c. p. 363 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. p. 476 (1884) ; Salmd. 



Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) i. p. 177 (1884) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. yes. 



Orn. i. p. 324 (1884) ; id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 135 ; Matschie, J.f. O. 



1887, p. 143 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. (2) vi. p. 279 (1888). 

 Pytelia minima (nee V.), Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 267 (1870) ; id. 



^ Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 444 (1870). 

 Lagonosticta senegala (nee L.), Ayres, Ibis, 1887, p. 60 ; Shelley, 



P. Z. S. 1888, p. 31. 



Adult male. Similar to L. senegala, but baving tbe bead always 

 brown, without any crimson wash on tbe centre of crown and nape ; 

 sides of tbe breast always spotted witb wbite : " bill vinous red, 

 tbe culmen and tomium dark grey ; feet reddisb grey ; iris reddish 

 brown ; eyelids leaden grey, with a fine eye-ring of ochre-yellow " 

 (B. Bbhm). Total length 3-5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2, tail 1-35, 

 tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of L. minima. Total length 

 3-8 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 2-1, tail 1-4, tarsus 0*5. 



Hah. North-eastern Africa throughout Eastern Africa and the 

 south-east and south-west portions of tbe continent. 



a,b.^2 ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith. 



c. (5 ad. sk. Pretoria (Pratt). Shelley Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Rustenberg, E. Transvaal, Shelley Coll. 



Aug. 2 ( W. Lucas). 



e,f. 2 ad. sk. Potchefstroom, Transvaal Sharpe Coll. 



(T. Ayres). 



g, h. c? ad. sk. Crocodile River, July W. E. & C. G. Gates, 



(F. Gates). Esqs. [P.]. 



^,k.(S 2 ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Kirk). Livingstone Expedi- 



tion. 



