41. ESTKILDA. 397 



c. Ad. sk. Bejook, Bogos-Laad, July Tweeddale Cell. 



'YI {W. Jesse). 



d. Ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Africa Shelley Coll. 



{Emin Pasha). 

 e,f,g. ^ ad. et juv.; Wadelai, Sept., Oct. Emiu Pasha [P.]. 



h, i. 5 ad. sk. 



5. Estrilda paludicola. 



Estrekla paludicola, Heiujl. J. f. 0. 18G3, p. Kjo, 1868, p. 9, 

 pi. i. %. 2 ( 2 ) ; Shelley, Ibis^, 1886, p. 331 ; Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. 

 ii. p. 321 (1887) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 18S6, p. 33. 



Ilabropyp^a pakistri?, Hvugl. in Petenn. Geoyr. Mitth. 1869, p. 415. 



Estrekla rhodopsis, pt., Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 50, no. G70i (1870). 



Ilabropyga paludicola, Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 606 (1870) ; 

 id. op. cit. iv. App. p. cxxxvi (1871). 



Adult male. General colour above brown, -with indications of 

 obsolete cross markings ; wing-coverts like the back, the greater 

 series and quills dusk}- brown, edged with the same brown as the 

 back ; lower rump and upper tail-coverts rosj- crimson ; tail-feathers 

 black, the outer feathers ashy whitish along the outer web; crown 

 of bead ashy grey, forming a tolerablj- distinct cap ; lores white 

 as well as the eyelid ; sides of face and ear-corerts lighter and more 

 pearl}' grey ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body ochreous 

 buff, shaded with ashy over the throat and fore neck, and clearer 

 ochreous on the abdomen ; sides of body and flanks ashy brown, 

 rather deeper on the latter ; thighs ashy grey ; under tail-coverts 

 white: "bill coral-red; feet blackish; iris red" (Einin). Total 

 length 4-2 inches, culmen 0-3, wing 1-8, tail 1"S5, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 4*1 

 inches, culmen 0-35, wing 1-85, tail 1'65, tarsus 0'6. 



Hah. "White jS'ile districts to Ecpatorial xlfriea. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Lado, Equatorial Africa, Jan. 31 SheUey Coll. 



{Emin Pasha). 



b. 2 ad. sk. Tingasi, July 3. Emin Pasha [P.]. 



0. Estrilda erythronota. 



Astrild a moustaches nuires, T'iei/l. Ois. Chant, p. 37, pi. 14 (1806). 

 Fringilla erythronotos, Fieill. A\ Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xii. p. 182 



(l^l")- ... 

 Estrelda lipiniana, Smith, Re}). Expl. C ^/r., App. p. 49 (1836); 



Strickl. ^ Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 150. 



Estrelda erythronota. Gray ^- Mitch. Gen. B. ii. p. 368, pi. 90. fig. 1 



(1849); 'Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 459 (1850); Beichenb. Sim/v. p. 1], 



Taf. ii. fig. 13 (1861) ; Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 198 (1867) ; Grai/, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 50, no. 6700 (1870) ; Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 256 ; 



Gurney in Anderss. B. Dan.-Ld. p. 178 (1872); Sharpe in Gates' 



Matahele-Land, App. B, p. 320 (1881 ) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 355 ; 



Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 473 (1884) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1886, 



p. 329. 



