24. ZONOOASTEIS. 299 



Adult female . Similar to the female of P. citerior, and equallj' 

 pale. Total leugth 4-6 inches, ciilmen 0-5, wing 2-3, tail I'S, 

 tarsus 0'6. 



Bab. N.E. Africa, from Bogos-Land to the Soudan and to Lado in 

 Equatorial Africa. 



a. cJ imm. sk. Keren, Bogos-Laud (JEsler). Sharpe Coll. 



b, c. cJ 2 ad. sk. Khartoum. Sharpe Coll. 

 d. c? ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Africa, May 5 Shelley Coll. 



{Emin Pasha). 



2. Zonogastris citerior. 



The Green Goldfinch, Edicards, Gleanings, vi. p. 130, pi. ■27'2. fig. 2 



(1760). 

 ? Estrelda elegans (nee Gm.), RUpp. Neue Wirh., Voi/. p. 101 



(1835-40); ul. Si/st. Uebsrs. p. 77 (1845). 

 Estrelda speciosa {iiec Bodd.), Des Murs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss. 



p. 17.3 (1845). 

 Estrelda melba [nee L.), Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 369 (1849). 

 Pyteha elegaus {iwc Gm.), Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 ; Lieht. 



' Koniencl. p. 48 (1854). 

 Pyteha melba {nee L.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 461 (1850) ; Peiclienb. 



Singv. p. 24, Taf. vii. figs. 60, 61 (1861); Heuql. J. f. O. 1862, 



p. 29; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 620 (18!r0, pt.); Shelley, 



Ibis, 1886, p. 319 (pt.). 

 P\ telia citerior, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1852. p. 151 ; Blanf. Geol. ^ 

 "Zool. Abyss, p. 410 (1870) ; Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 267 (1870) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 66 (1871) ; Antin. i^- Salvad. Viayg. Boyos, 



p. 115 (1873) ; Salvin, Cat. Strield. Cull. p. 248 (1882) ; Salvad. 



Ami. Mas. Genov. (2) i. p. 176 (1884). 

 Fringilla (Pytelia) elegans, Heugl. Syst. Uehers. p. 40 (1856). 

 Zonogastris citerior, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 19; id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 



iv. App. p. cxxxTiii (1871). 

 Estrelda citerior. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 53, no. 6730 (1870). 



Adult mcde. Similar to Z. melba, but having the scarlet confined 

 to the chin and upper throat; the lower throat and fore neck golden 

 yellow, brighter than in Z. melba : " bill coral-red ; feet reddish ; 

 iris red" {Heuglin). Total length 4-2 inches, culmen O'o, wing 2-3, 

 tail 1"8, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of Z. melba, but very much 

 paler and much more faintly barred below ; the throat ashy white, 

 with scarcely a trace of dusky cross bars. Total length 4-7 inches, 

 culmcu 0-5, wing 2-3, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-6. 



Hub. N.E. Africa across to Senegambia. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Zoulla, Annesley Bay, Abvs- W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



sinia, Feb. 4, 1808. " [C.]. 



b. S ad.sk. AnsebaValley.Julv 27, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 e. (5 ad. sk. Bejook,Bogos-Land, July 17, Tweeddale CoU. 



1868 ( W. Jesse), 

 d. d ad. sk. Bairo, Aug. 13, 1868 ( XT'. Shelley Coll. 



Jesse). 



