372 PLOCEID^. 



Av. i. p. i-'A (1850) ; Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 ; Befil. Reo. et 



Mag. de ZooZ. 1853, p. 290; Hartl. Oni. W.-Afr. p. 147 (1857); 



Bolle, J. f. 0. 1859, p. 38 ; Heitffl. Ibis, 1859, p. 34.3 ; Hartl. 



J.f. O. 1801, p. 259; Antin. Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 70 (L^*J-i); Blanf. 



Geol. ^ Zool Abyss, p. 408 (1870) ; Graij, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 57, no. 



6785 (1870). 

 Uroloncha cantans. Cab. Mm. Hem. Th. i. p. 173 (1850) : Heui/l. 



J. f. 0. 18G2, p. 28; id. J. f. O. 1868, p. 2 ; Rtiss, J. f. 0. 1869, 



pp. 75, 79 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 594, App. p. cxxx (1871) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Afr.B. p. 66 (1871); Antin. ^- Saload. Viagij. Bogos, 



p. 116 (1873) ; Bohm, J. f. 0. 1883, p. 200 ; Fischer, Zeiischr. ges. 



Orn. i. p. 323 (1884) ; Fischer, J.f. O. 1885, p. 136. 

 Euodice cantans, Reichenb. Singv. p. 46, Taf. xvi. figs. 146-149 



(1861). 

 Eiiodeia cantans, Reichenb. Singv. Nachtr. p. iv (1861). 

 Spermestes cantans, Finsch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 26S (1870) ; id. i^ 



Hartl. Vol/. Ostafr. p. 435 (1870) ; Fischer ^- Reichen. J. f. O. 



1878, p. 266. 

 Munia cantans, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 311. 



Adult male. Similar to A. malaharica, but distinguished by its 

 black upper tail-coverts, barred upper surface, and by the rufous 

 spots on the chiu and sides of face : " upper mandible dark greyish 

 blue, clearer at the base, the lower mandible clear blue-grey ; feet 

 pale vinous red, claws brown ; iris reddish horny " {Reuglin). Total 

 length 4-7 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2-2, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 

 4*1 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 2"15, tail 1'55, tarsus 0*45. 



Hab. Western and North-eastern Africa, extending south to the 

 Zanzibar district. Southern Arabia. 



«. 2 ^^- s^- '■'^"'> Lebka Valley, Bogos, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Aug. 17. [C.]. 



b. S fi<i- sk. Bejook, Bogos, July 15 Tweeddale Coll. 



{W. Jesse). 



c. S ad.sk. Aniha., Aug. 19 (W.Jesse). Sliarpe Coll. 

 d-g. Ad. sk. Ailat (Fsler). 



h, i. Ad. sk. Lahej, near Aden, Jan. Major Yerbury [P.]. 



A-. Skeleton. Aden, Jan. C.Chevallier, Esq.[P]. 



35. ^GINTHA. 



Type. 

 yEgintha, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 170 (1850) .... M. temporalis 



Range. Confined to Australia. 



1. .ffigintha temporalis. 



Temporal Finch, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 211 (1801) *. 

 Fringilla temporalis, Lath. hid. Orn. Suppl. ii. p. xlviii (1801). 



* Taken from drawings. The definition is uncertain, tlie underparts being 

 described as wliite. 



