400 I'LOCEIDJE. 



10. Estrilda nonnula. 



Astrilda nonniila, Hartl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 425. 



Estrelda nouuula , Shellc)/, Ihis, 1886, p. .330; Hartl. Zool. Jahrh. ii. 



p. 321, pi. xiii. tig. o (1887) ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 31 ; Hartl. 



J.f. 0. 1889, p. 46. 

 Habropyg-a tenerrima, Reichen. J. f. 0. 1887, p. 307. 



Adult male. Similar to E. atrkapilla, but white underneath and 

 on the sides of the face ; sides of body and under tail-coverts washed 

 with ashy, with a patch of rosy crimson of the sides : " bill crimson, 

 the base of culmen, sides and base of bill black ; feet black ; iris 

 dusky" (Eijun Pasha). Total length 4-3 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 

 1-9, tail 1-75, tarsus 00. 



Youm/ female. More dusky and uniform in colour than the adult 

 male, the white of the face and underparts shaded with ashy, the 

 sides of the body with brown, and lacking the crimson patch on the 

 latter ; the crimson on the rump and upper tail-coverts duller. 



Hab. Equatorial Africa to the Upper Congo. 



a, b. c? ad. ; § Foda, Equatorial Africa, Oct. 27. Ernin Pasha [P.]. 

 juv. sk. 



c. S ad. sk. Bellima, Jime 20. Ernin Pasha [P.]. 



d. J imm. sk. Kubbi, July. Ernin Pasha [P.]. 



11. Estrilda phcenicotis. 



Le Bengali, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 203, pi. x. tig. 1 (1760) ; Mu/itb. Hist. 



Nat. Ok. iv. p. 92 (1778) ; Daubent. PL 'Enl. iv. pi. 115. fig. 1. 

 Frino-illa beno-alus, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 323 (1760) ; Gm. Syst. Nat. 



i. p. 920 (1788) ; Vieill. Enc. Meth. p. 987 (1823) ; Kittl. Kupf. 



Voq. p. 7, Taf. X. fig. 3 (1832). 

 Blue-belUed Finch, Lath. Gen. Si/n. ii. pt. i. p. 310 (1783) ; Shaw ^ 



Nodd. Nat. Misc. v. pi. 150 (1793). 

 Le Mariposa ou If Bengali bleu, Vieill. Ois. Chant, p. 25, pi. 5 



(1805). 

 Estrelda bengalus. Less. Traite, p. 444 (1831) ; RiXpp. Neue Wirb., 



Vog. p. 101 (1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 77 (1845) ; Gray, Gen. B. 



ii. p. 368 (1849) ; Heur/l. Syst. Uehers. p. 40 (1856) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 51, no. 6707 (1870). 

 Estrelda mariposa. Less. Trade, p. 444 (1831). 

 Estrelda phcenicotis. Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 192, pi. xiv. (1837); 



Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 458 (1850) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 145 



(1857) ; id. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 258; Heuyl. J. f. O. 1862, "p. 28 ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1863, p. 106 ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1864, p. llO ; Antin. Cat. descrr. 



Ucc. p. 71 (1864) ; Heuyl. J.f. O. 1868, p. 18 ; Eeul. Onze Voqels, 



ii. pi. 51 (1873); Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 29; Forbes, Ibis, 1883, 



p. 509. 

 Ura^ginthus phcenicotis. Cab. Mm. Hein. i. p. 171 (1850) ; Ha)im. 



J. f. O. 1863, p. 406; Fi^isch, Tr. Z. S. vii. p. 266 (1870) ; Heiiyl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 619, iv. App. p. cxxxviii (1871); Shellei/, 



P. Z. S. 1881, p. 588 ; id. 1882, p. 303 ; Bohm, J. f. O. 1883, 



p. 200; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civic. Genov. (2) i. p. 177 (1884); 



Fischer, Zeitschr. qes. Orn. i. p. -324 (1884) : id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 71 ; 



Bohm, J.f 0. 1885, p. 42 ; Harterf, J.f 0. 1886, p. 584 ; Matschie, 



J. f. O. 1887, p. 154 ; Salvad. Ann. Mas. Civic. Genov. (2) vi. p. 278 



(1888). 



