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18. LAGONOSTICTA, 281 



12. Lagonosticta rubricata. 



Le S6ii6gali rouge, Vieill. Ois. Chant, pi. ix. (1805) ; id. N. Diet. 



(VHist. Nat. xii. p. 183 (1817). 

 Fringilla rubricata, Licht. Verz. Douhl. p. 27 (1823). 

 Estrekla rubricata, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 368 (1849) ; Bp. Q'omp. i. 



p. 459 (1850) ; Liclit. Nomend. Av. p. 48 (1854) ; Gurnei/, Ihis, 



1864, p. 352; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 197(1867); id. Ibis, 1869, 



p. 370; Finsch ^- Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 446 (1870); Grai/, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 52, no. 6714 (1870). 

 Lagonosticta rubricata, Cah. Miis. Hein. Tli. i. p. 171 (1850) ; 



Sha)ye, Cat. Afr. B. p. 66 (1871); ShelJey, Ibis, 1875, p. 80; 



Ayres, Ibis, 1876, p. 431 ; Sharpe, ed, Layards B. S. Afr. p. 475 



(1884); Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 324. 



Adult male. General colour above brown, tbe rump and upper 

 tail-coTcrts dark crimson ; wing-coverts bro\vu like the back : quills 

 dusk}', the primaries externally slatj- grey, the secondaries browner 

 like the back ; tail-feathers black, externally dark crimson ; crown 

 of head and hind neck slaty grey, contrasting with the back ; lores, 

 base of forehead, eyebrow, and sides of face deep crimson ; hinder 

 ear-coverts slaty grey like the sides of the neck ; cheeks, throat, 

 breast, and sides of body deep crimson, with some tiny white spots 

 on the sides of the breast ; abdomen slaty black : thighs and 

 under tail-coverts deep black ; under wing- coverts duU ochraceous ; 

 quills below dusky, ashy fulvous along their inner edge : " upper 

 mandible ashy black ; lower mandible ashy, but pink at the base ; 

 tarsi and feet dusky; iris dusky" {T. Ayres). Total length 4-1 

 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2-05, tail 1'65, tarsus 0*55. 



Adult female. Duller in colour than the male, and never so 

 crimson ; further distinguished by the oehreous-brown abdomen ; 

 thighs dark ashy ; under tail-coverts blackish with ashy margins. 

 Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-4.5, wing 1-7, tail 1-6, tarsus 0*6. 



Young male. At first resembles the old female, but has generally 

 some trace of black on the abdomen. 



Hah. South-eastern Mrica. 



«, &. c? 2 ad. sk. S.E. Africa. Sir A. Smith [C.]. 



c, d. (5 2 ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C. At more). Sharpe Coll. 



e. S ad. sk. Eland's Post (T. C. A.). Shelley Coll. 



/. S ad. sk. Grahamstown {T. C. A.). Sharpe Coll. 



g,h. c? 2 ad. sk. Durban, Natal ( T. L. Atjres). Shelley Coll. 



i, k. cJ ad. et juv. Pinetown, Natal (7'. L. A.). Sharpe Coll. 



sk. 



I'P. S ; ?> '■; s. Pinetown, Natal, May to SheUev Coll. 



2 ad. et juv. sk. August {T. L. A.), 



t, u. d 2 ad. sk. Pretoria (Pratt). Shelley Coll. 



V. 2 ad. sk. Macamac, E. Transvaal, Dec. F. A. Barratt, Esq. 



4, 1874. [P.]. 



zv. 2 ad. sk. Macamac, E, Transvaal, Dec. J. H. Gm-ney, Esq. 

 9 (T. A.) [P.]. 



