404 PLOCEID^. 



and upper throat black, disappearing gradually on the lower throat ; 

 the whole of the under surface from the lower throat downwards 

 rich chestnut ; lower abdomen and vent blackish ; under tail-coverts 

 cobalt-blue like the upper tail-coverts ; quills ashy whitish, slightly 

 washed with tawny rufovis ; quills dusky brown, whitish along the 

 inner web : " bill purplish, but red at the extremity ; the legs pur- 

 plish grey ; iris red, and the naked ring round the eye usually red 

 also, but sometimes of a greyish drab" (C J. Andersson). Total 

 length 5-3 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 2'3, tail 2'75, tarsus 0"6. 



The intensity of the lilac colour on the face and the extent of 

 black on the abdomen vary considerably in a series of male birds. 



Adah female. Different from the male. Ashy brown with a little 

 chestnut shade on the head, the throat whitish ; the fore neck and 

 the rest of the under surface pale tawny buff; on the forehead a 

 little blue, and the lilac of the face paler than in the adult ; other- 

 wise like the male. Total length 5'3 inches, culmen 0"4, wing 2-2, 

 tail 2"55, tarsus 0*65. 



Young. Similar to the old female but almost entirely brown, 

 rather tawny underneath. 



Hab. South Africa, to the Zambesi on the east and to Angola on 

 the west. This last record seems somewhat doubtful. 



a. 2 ^■'i- st. South Africa. Purchased. 



b, c. cj ad. sk. Griqualand ( 7. C. Atmore). 

 d, e. (^ 2 fi'i- sk. Transvaal (Z". Ayres). 



f. (S ad. sk. Tati, Matabele-Land, Sept. W. E. & C. G. Dates, 



30 (F. Oates). Esqrs. [P.]. 



g,h. cJ ? ad. sk. Matabele-Laud, Sept. {T. Shelley Coll. 



E. Buckley). 

 i. d: ; k,l. o ad. sk. Matabele-Laud (Dr. Shelley Coll. 



Brad.'ikatv). 

 m-t. d $ & juv. sk. Damara-Land, June & 



July (C. J. Andeissmi) . 



2. Granatina ianthinogastra. 



? Urseginthus granatinus {nee Linn.), Cab. J.f. 0. 1878, p. 229. 

 Urseginthus ianthinogaster, Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 114 



Fischer ^- Reichen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 353, pi. 2. figs. 1, 2 ; Fischer, 



Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 324 (1884); id. J.f. O. 1885, p. 135; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 408; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 71; Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 279 (1888). 

 Estrelda ianthinogastra, Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 335. 



Adult male. Similar to G. granatina, but of a light cinnamon- 

 brown above and on the sides of the face and throat ; lores and 

 feathers round the eye bright cobalt ; under surface of body beau- 

 tiful deep cobalt from the fore neck to the under tail-coverts ; no 

 black on the throat or abdomen : " bill coral-red ; legs greyish black ; 

 iris red ; eyelid clear yellow " (Fischer). Total length 4'4 inches, 

 culmen 0-4, wing 2-1, tail 2-1', tarsus 0-55. (Mas. E. Lort Phil- 

 lips.) 



Hah. East Africa, from Massa to Somali-Land. 



