286 PLOCEIDiE. 



19. Lagonosticta vinacea. 



Estielda vinacea, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 14^ (1857) ; Gray, Hand-L 



B. ii. p. 52, no. 6722 (1870). 

 Lagonosticta vinacea, Reichenh. Singv. p. 18 (1861) ; Shelley, Ibis, 



1886, p. 325. 



Adult. Beautiful vinous red, more brightly tinged below ; tail 

 above more intense red, black underneath ; head ashy ; sides of 

 head, throat, and margin of forehead black ; flanks with some tiny 

 white spots ; under tail-coverts black ; under wing-coverts white ; 

 bill and feet lead-colour. Total length 4 inches, culmen 3-35, 

 wing 1"9, tail 1-75, tarsus 0'55. {Hartlaub.) 



Hah. Sencgambia. 



20. Lagonosticta larvata. 



Amadina larvata, Riipp. Neue Wirb., Vog. p. 97, pi. 36. tig. 1 

 (1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 77 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 370 

 (1849). 



Habropyga larvata, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 461 (1850). 



Fringilla (Amadina) larvata, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 40 (1856). 



Mormolycia larvata, Reichenb. Singv. p. 67 (1861). 



Lagonosticta larvata, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1868, p. 16; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 

 p. 017, App. p. cxxxviii (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis-, 1886, p. 325. 



Estrelda larvata. Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 52, no. 6728 (1870). 



PPytelia larvata, Fischer ^ Reichen. J.f. O. 1879, p. 212. 



Adult. General colour beautiful vinaceous red on an ashy ground ; 

 ear-coverts and throat black, well defined, the crown washed with 

 slaty grey ; interscapnlary region dark dusky ashy, the wings more 

 dusky ; quills pale smoky brown, margined with ashy ; tail-feathers 

 black below and on the inner web, crimson on the outer web like 

 the upper tail-coverts ; under tail-coverts, vent, and abdomen black, 

 the former washed with purple, the latter more ashy towards the 

 breast ; under wing-coverts whitish, varied with vinous and grey ; on 

 the flanks some rather large dots of white, surrounded with blackish : 

 bill purplish lead-colour ; feet and bare region of the eye lead-colour ; 

 iris dusky. Total length ih", bill from front 41"-4|", wing 1" 10'", 

 tail 1" 6'"-l" 8'", tarsus 6|"'-7"'. {Hcwjlin.) 



Hah. N.E. Africa. 



21. Lagonosticta nigricollis. 



Lagonosticta nigricollis, Heuyl. J. f. 0. 1863, p. 273 ; id. Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. p. 618, App. p. cxxxviii (1871) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 555, 

 1886, p. 325. 



Habropyga larvata {nee Rilpp.), Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 71 (1864) ; 

 Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Sci. Tor. v. p. 742 (1870). 



Estrelda nigricollis, Ifeugl. J.f. O. 1868, p. 17, pi. 1. fig. 1 ; Forbes, 

 Ibis, 1883, p. 508. 



Adult male. General colour above slaty grey, the upper tail- 

 coverts dull crimson like the centre tail-feathers ; wing-coverts like 

 the back ; quills dusky, externally slaty grey, inclining to hoary 



