26. coccoPYGiA. 307 



2. Coccopygia quartinia *. 



Bengali, Des Murs, in Lefehvre's Voy. Ahjss., Ois. p. 117 (184o). 

 Estrelda quartinia, Bp. Consp. i. p. 4G1 (1850); Hartl. Orn. W.- 



Afr. p. 142, note (1857); Heiu/l. J. f. 0. 18G8, p. 11 ; Blanf. 



Geol. ^- Zool. Abyss, p. 409 (1870); Finsch, Trans. Z. 8. vii, 



p. 326 (1870) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 51, no. 6704 (1870 j. 

 Fringilla (Estrelda) flaviventris, Heugl. Sysf. Uebers. p. 40. 

 Coccopygia quartinia, Reichenb. Sinyv. p. 23 (1861) ; Salvad. Ann. 



Mus. Genov. (2) i. p 178 (1884), vi. p. 282 (1888). 

 Estrelda ernesti II., Heugl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 29. 

 Estrelda ernesti, Heuyl. J.f. O. 1868, p. 10. 

 Habropvga ernesti, Heuql. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 607, tab. xix. fio-. 2 



(1870). 

 Habropyga quartinia, Heugl. t. c. ]). 608. 

 Coccopygia ernesti, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv, p. cxxxvii (1870). 



Adult. Similar to C. dufresnii, but differing iu its greener 

 colouring and greener flanks and sides of bod)-, leaving the centre 

 of the breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts more decidedly 

 ochraceous than in C. dufresnii : " upper mandible deep black, lower 

 one coral-red ; feet blackish ; iris red " {Heuylin). Total length 

 3"7 inches, culmen 0'3, wing 1-85, tail l-4o, tarsus 0-55. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in the same way as the 

 female of C. dufresnii by the want of the black mask. Total length 

 3'6 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 1'9, tail 1'4, tarsus 0"55. 



Hah. N.E. Africa. Dr. llochebruue says that it occurs also in 

 Senegambia, but the statement requires confirmation. 



a. Ad. sk. Shoa {Sir W. C. Harris). India Museum. 



b. (S ad. sk. Ankober, Jan. 1842 (^'(> W. India Museum. 



C. Harris). 



c. 2 ad. sk. Senafe, Abyssinia, Feb. 26. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[C.]. 



Subsp. a. Coccopygia kilimensis. 



? Estrelda quartinia, Bocage, Orn. Angola, p. 360 (1881). 



Advlt male. Similar to 0. quartinia, but differing in the deep 

 ochraceous breast and abdomen. Like C. quartinia there is no 

 black on the face. Total length 3-3 inches, culinen 0-35, wing 

 1-85, tail 1-2, tarsus 0-55. 



Hab. Kilimanjaro district. It may be the form of 0. quartinia 

 which extends across to Angola. 



a. cS ad. sk. Kilimanjaro, Aug. 0. H. C. V. Hunter, Esq. [P.]. 



* Estrelda savatieri, Bochcbr. Faun. S6neg., Ois. p. 252, pi. xxi. fig. 1 (1884) • 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 330. 

 Is probably the same as C. quartinia. 



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