394 rLOCEiDJE. 



Habropyga minor, Cah. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 229. 



Habropvga astrild, var. minor, Fkcher, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 325 



(1884). 

 Habropyga astrild minor, Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 135. 



Adult. Similar to E. astrilda, but darker, with a dusky head, and 

 distinguished by its sharply defined white face and throat : " bill 

 coral-red ; feet bhxckisli ; iris umber-brown ; eyelid crimson " {Von 

 HeuijUn). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0"35, wing 1-65, tail l-o, 

 tarsus 0'55. 



Hah. From Bcnguela in the west and the Zambesi in the east 

 throughout Eastern Africa, and from the Upper Congo and the Lake 

 country to Abyssinia and Southern Kubia. 



a. S ad. sk. Shoa (Sir W. C. Harris). India Museum. 



6, c. Ad. sk. Melinda {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Pangani (Sir J. Kirk). Shellev Coll. 



/, g. Ad. sk. Ugogo {Sir J. Kirk). ShelleV Coll. 



h, cT ad.sk. Kibiro, Upper Congo. F. Bohndoiff [C] 



i. Ad. sk. Gaboon {I)u Chaillu). Sharpe Coll. 



k. Ad. sk. Benguela. Monteho Coll. 



/. Ad. sk. Shue Valley, Zambesi. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



2. Estrilda ruflbarba. 



Fringilla rufibarba, Ehrenb. in Mus. Berol. 



Fringilla buccalis, Ehrenb. in 3Ius. Berol. 



Habropyga rufibarba, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 169, note (1850). 



Estrelda rufibarba, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 48 (1854) ; Heiigl. 



J. f. O. 1868, p. 7 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 50, no. 6693 (1870) ; 



Yerburtj, Ibis, 1886, p. 18 ; Shelleij, t. c. p. 334. 

 Estrelda buccalis, Licht. Nomeiicl. p. 48 (1854). 



Adult. General colour above ashy brown, crossed with wav}' 

 cross bars of dusky blackish ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts 

 black ; wing-coverts like the back; quills dusky brown, the secon- 

 daries externally barred ; centre tail-feathers black, the outer 

 feathers ashy white along the outer web, which is slightly barred 

 with ashy ; head like the back, but the barring almost obsolete ; a 

 line of pale crimson from the lores running through the eye ; sides 

 of face, ear-coverts, and throat distinctly white ; breast and sides of 

 body pale ashy brown, barred with dusky brown, the bars more 

 distinct on the sides of the body ; centre of breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts ochrenus buft' : " bill red, with the culmen and 

 gonys black " ( Von HewjUn). Total length 4 inches, culmen 0'3, 

 wing 1"8, tail 1'6, tarsus 0"55. 



Hah. South Arabia and coast-land of Abyssinia. 



a. Ad. sk. Ilyteleme, Aden, Mar. 14. C Chevaher, Esq. [P.]. 



6, c. x\d. sk. Lahej, Aden, Jan. Major Yerbury [P.]. 



3. Estrilda cinerea. 



Le Bengali cendre, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. '2ii. pi. vi. (1805). 

 Friiii/illa cinerea, Vieill. A. Diet. eVIIist. Kaf. sii. p. 176 (1817); 

 KM. Kupf. Vog. Heft i. p. 7, Taf. x. fig. 1 (1832). 



