288 PLOCEID^. 



yellow ; tail-feathers black ; sides of face and sides of neck light 

 olive-green ; checks, throat, and under surface of body bright 

 yellow, paler on the throat and deepest on the abdomen and i;ndcr 

 tail-coverts ; sides of body barred with black and white, the black 

 bars very broad, the white bars narrow ; under wing-coverts 

 isabelline ; edge of wing bright yellow ; quills dusky below, ashy 

 isabellinc along the inner web: "bill waxy red; feet plumbeous 

 brown ; iris pale brown " (Jenlon). Total length 4'4 inches, culmen 

 0*4, wing 1"85, tail 1'4, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult female. Duller green than the male, the upper tail-coverts 

 washed with brighter olive-yellow ; head and back ashy olive-green, 

 as also the sides of the face ; thi'oat and fore neck ashy white, the 

 sides dull ashy ; breast, abdomen, thighs, and iinder tail-coverts 

 pale yellow, the sides of the body barred with black and white as in 

 the male, but not so distinctly. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0'4, 

 wing 1*9, tail 1-45, tarsus 0-55. 



Young. Distinguished by its black bill and olive-brown colour; 

 throat and chest ochreous buff; remainder of under surface pale 

 sulphur-yellow, with light brown flanks. 



Hah. Central India. 



a. Ad. st. India. Zoological Society. 



b,c. (S; d. 5 ad. Mount Abu, March, May, Hume Coll. 



sk. July {G. King). 



e,f, g. Ad. sk. Jhansi. Pinwill Coll. 



Ji-r. S $ ad. sk. Jhansi, Aug., Sept. Hume Coll. 



s. Ad. St. Behar. Hodgson Coll. 



t. ^ ad. sk. Saugor, March 19. Hume Coll. 



u. c? juv. sk. Palamow, April ^ {V. Bait). Hume Coll. 



v-s. Ad. etjuv.sk. Raipur, Jan. Hume Coll. 



a', 6', e'. Ad. sk. Mnndla district, April Hume Coll. 



(i?. Thompsoti). 



iT. Ad. sk. Valley of the Tapti, Khan- Hume Coll. 



deish, May. 



^\.f\9'- S fid. sk. Pranhita River, April. Hume Coll. 



20. AMADINA. 



Type. 



Amadina, Stvams. Zool. Journ. 'in. p. 349 (1827) A. tasciata. 



Sporothlastes {novi. emend.), Cab. Arch. f. Natunj. 1847, 



p. 331 A. fasciata. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With a crimson band across the throat extend- 



ing to the ear-coverts. 

 a' Black lines on imderparts suhterminal, and 



not forming a fringe fasciata, p. 289. 



b'. Black lines on underparts forming an edging 



to each feather mcfrf/inalis, p. 290. 



b. Head and throat as well as sides of face red .... erytlu-ocephala, p. 200. 



