18. LAGONOSTICTA. 283 



Estrelda rhodopareia, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 52, no. 6719 (1870) ; 



Fimch ^- Hartl Viig. Ostafr. p. 446 (1870). 

 Lagonosticta riibricata {nee Sundev.), Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 615 



(1870). 

 ? Lagonosticta polionota {nee Shelley), Cah. J. f. O. 1878, p. 230 ; 



Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 588. 



Adult male. General colour above brown, washed with rosy ; lower 

 rump and upper tail-covcrts bright crimson ; wings brown like the 

 back ; tail-feathers black, the centre feathers dull crimson towards 

 the base, the remainder black, externally dull crimson ; head and 

 neck crimson, the crown a little browner ; lores, eyebrow, sides of 

 face, and under surface of body rich crimson ; centre of abdomen 

 and thighs blackish ; under tail-coverts black ; on the sides of the 

 breast some tiny spots of white ; under wing-coverts ashy with 

 brown bases ; quills dusky, ashy fulvous along the inner web : " bill 

 lead-colour, the tip black; feet dusky lead- colour; iris dusky" 

 (Ileuglin). Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-4, wing l-So, tail 

 1-55, tarsus 0-5. 



Bah. Prom the Zanzibar region in East Africa to Gala Land and 

 Bogos Land in North-eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Dar-es-Salaam, E. Africa (Sii- J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



15. Lagonosticta jamesoni. (Plate XL fig. 1.) 



Lagonosticta jamesoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 355 ; Beiehen. Ornith. 

 Centralbl. 1882, p. 91 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 475 

 (1884) ; Beiehen. S,- Schahnv, J. f. O. 1884, p. 404 ; Shelley, Ibis, 

 1886, p. 324. 



Adult male. Similar to L. rhodoparia, but much paler and more 

 pink, especially on the under surface, and with hardly a trace of 

 white dots on the sides of the breast : " bill bright bluish ash, with 

 the culmen and tip somewhat dusky ; tarsi and feet pinkish ; iris 

 dusky brown " {T. Ayres). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0"4, 

 wing 1'85, tail 1-3, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but duller in colour, especially 

 below, the under surface being salmon-pink ; under tail-coverts 

 blackish with pinkish-buft' margins. Total length 3-9 inches, 

 culmen 0-45, wing 1-9, tail 1'6, tarsus 0-5.5. 



Hah. Mashoona Land, S.E. Africa. 



a. S ad. sk. Tatin River, Dec. 9 {J. S. Shelley Coll. (Type 



Jameson). of species.) 



b. $ ad. sk. Umvuli River, Aug. 17 (J. Shelley Coll. 



S. Jameson^. 



16. Lagonosticta landanae. (Plate XII. fig. 2.) 



? Estrelda rubricata, Beiehen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 229. 



? Lagonosticta rubricata, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 302 (1881). 



Adult male. Similar to L. rhodoparia, but distinguished by its 

 yellow eyelid and yellow bill, the latter being blackish at the ends 



