(J. c? ad. sk. 



h. Ad. sk. 



i-n. ^ ad.; o-r. 



2 ad. sk. 

 s, ^. c? ; «. 2 



ad. sk. 

 V, 10. S ? ad. slv. 



X, y. Ad. sk. 

 2, «'. d' ad. sk. 

 6". Ad. sk. 

 c', d'. c^ ad. sk. 



f-',/',//. Ad. .sk. 



^', «'. Ad. sk. 

 k'. Ad. sk. 



41. ESTRILDA. 



Natal, July {TJy. Giiein- 



ZIKS). 



Pretoria {Pratt). 



Natal, March, Juue, July, 



Oct. {T.L. Ayres). ' 

 Newcastle, June, Jidy 



{E. A. Butler). 

 Weenen, Natal, Dec. (T. 



Arnuld). 

 Natal. 



Trai]svaal {T. Ayres). 

 Lydenberg, E. Transvaal. 

 Tati, Matabele-Land, Oct. 



{F. Outes). 

 Hykomkap,Damara-Land, 



April (C. J. Andersson). 

 IMaiiritius (Betvxher). 

 Madaga.acar. 



393 



Gould Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Forbes Coll. 



T. Ayres [C.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 F. A.Earratt.Esq.rp.l 

 W.E. & C. G. ditei, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Subsp. o. Estrilda rubriventris. 



L'Astrild a ventre rouge, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. 36, pi. ].3 QSOG) 

 Fnng-illa rubriventris, Vieill. Enc. Mefh. iii. p. 9oi a82.3) 

 Estrelda occidentalis J«r,/. S( Fraser, Co Jr. Orn. 1851 p L56 • 

 Ilartl. Orn. Westafr. p. 140 (1857). ' ^" ' 



/rliV"t"uWl«?;7' -t"!^; ''^ p. 369(1849); Hartl. Orn. 



Estreda cmerea S, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 141 (1857) 

 Estrelda undulata (riec Fall.), ReicJmi: J. f. O. 1877, p. 29. 



_ Adnlt Similar to E. astrilda, but haviug all the colours much 



IS espcc allj bnglit on the rump and upper tail-coverts; the sides 

 of the face and uuder surface of the body, including he flanks 

 strongly suffused with crimson. Total length 4-2 inches, cXen 

 3o, wing l-7o, tail 1-7, tarsus O05. ' 



ffab. Gaboon to Angola. 



u, b. Ad. sk. 

 c, d. Ad. .sk. 

 e,f. Ad. sk. 



Gaboon. 



Laudana, Congo (Lncan ,$• Petit). 



Quilonibo, Angola (A. lieath). 



Snbsp. fl. Estrilda minor. 



Shelley Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 



Estrelda ca^rulescens (««. V.\ EUpp. Nene Wirh., Voy. p. 101 (1835- 



^Tf^cSSr'"'' ^"'' ^ ■^' ^'' ^"''^ "' ^^^''''''^ ^'"^- ^^^^^• 



Estrelda asUild (/^.oZ.), Mont. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 95 ; Heual J f O 

 lbb8,p.7; ^e^. Orn. A^.O.-4/-ni.pt.2,p.663(1870) ^ •^- ^• 

 (ISOO); tinsch ^ Hartl. Voa. Ostafr n 430 ('isrrn k'i'- i^ 

 /. O 1883, p. 201 ; id. J.f. 0^886, i: 4?-; sL^ ^''tl'ki 

 p. 422; EeicJien. J. f. O. 1887, p. .309. •'' ' ^^^'^' 



