282 PLOCEIB^. 



13. Lagonosticta rara. 



Estrelda uielauogaster {nee Sivains.), Heiujl. J.f. 0. 1863, p. 273. 

 Ilabropyga rara, Antin. Cat. descn: Uce. p. 72 (18G4, March). 

 Ilabropyga hvpomelas, lintel. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 2o2 (June). 

 RhodopVga hVpomelas, Ilenr/l. J.f. O. 1868, p. 13, pi. i. fig. 4. 

 Ehodopyga rara, Salvad. Atti JR. Accad. Torino, v. p. 742 (1870). 

 Estrelda rara. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 60, no. 6699 (1870) ; Forbes, 



This, 1883, p. 513. 

 Ilabropyga hypomelsena, Heuc/l. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 611 (1870). 

 Lychnidospiza melanogastra, Heugl. op. cit. ii. App. p. cxxxvii 



(1871). 

 Ilabropyga fenocbroa, Hartl. J.f. 0. 1882, p. 322; id. Ortiith. Cen- 



traJhl. 1882, p. 91 ; id. J. f. 0. 1883, p. 322 ; id. Ahhandl. nat. Verein. 



Bremen, viii. p. 203 (1882) ; Eeichen. ^ Scludoiu, J.f. 0. 1884, p. 404. 

 Lagonosticta melanogastra (nee Sivains.), fSheUey, Ibis, 1883, p. 553. 

 Lagonosticta rara, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 325 ; Salvad. Ami. Mus. 



Gcnov. (2) Yi. p. 281 (1888) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 31. _ 

 Lagonosticta jenocbroa, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, viii. p. 220 



(1882) ; id. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 322, Taf. xiii. fig. 6 (1887). 



Adult male. General colour above rich dark crimson everywhere, 

 the bases of the feathers being dull ashy blackish ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts uniform with the back ; lesser and median coverts 

 dusky blackish with crimson edges ; greater coverts, bastard-wing, 

 primary -coverts, and quills dusky blackish ; tail-feathers black, 

 externally dark crimson near the base : crown of head, sides of face, 

 and under surface of body dark rich crimson ; centre of breast, 

 abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts black ; sides of body crimson 

 like the throat ; under wing-covcrts huffy white ; quills below 

 dusky, ashy along the inner edge : " bill rosy, upper mandible 

 blackish ; feet dark grey ; iris olive-brown ; eyelid very pale pink " 

 (Emin). Total length 4-5 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2, tail 1-6, 

 tarsus 0"6. 



Adult femah. Duller crimson than the male, the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts a little brighter than the back ; crown of head and hind 

 neck, sides of face and sides of neck dark ashy grey ; lores bright 

 crimson ; throat ashy, becoming tinged with pink on the lower 

 parts ; fore neck, breast, and sides of body pale pink ; centre of 

 breast and abdomen ochraceous ; lower abdomen mixed with black ; 

 under tail-coverts black. Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2, 

 tail 1"55, tarsus 0-6. 



Hah. Equatorial Africa, extending to the Niger region in West 

 Africa. 



a. S ad.; b. Juv. Lokoja, K. Niger, Aug. (IT. Forbes ColL 



sk. A. F.). 



e, d. J 2 ad. sk. Tingasi, Equatorial Africa, Emin Pasha [P.]. 



July, Aug. 

 e. Imm. sk. Foda, Oct. 24. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



14. Lagonosticta rhodoparia. 



Lagonosticta rhodopareia, Ilenql. J. f. O. 1868, p. 16 ; Cab. J. f. O. 

 1878, p. 229 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 324. 



