346 FMNGiLLnxai. 



a. <$ ad. sk. Senafe, Tigre, May 25, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



6. 2 ad - sk - Senafe, March 10, 1868. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



c. c? ad. sk. Senate, Feb. 22. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



d. <3 ad. sk. Lit-Marafia, Shoa, Jan. 12 Sharpe Coll. 



(A. Antinori). 



e. $ ad. sk. Ankober, Shoa, May (Sir India Museum. 



W. C. Harris). 



,0.1 

 0.1 



u c.j. 



3. Poliospiza rufibrunnea. (Plate VI.) 



Ligurnus rufobrunneus, Gray, Ann. § May. Nat. Hist. (3) x. p. 444 



(1882). 

 Buserinus rufilatus, Hartl. P. Z. S. 18G6, p. 328. 

 Crithagra rufobrunnea, Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 101, no. 7506 (1870). 

 Poliospiza rufobrunnea, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 68 (1871). 



Adult. General colour above rufous-brown, the feathers being 

 dusky brown with rufous-brown edges, the rump more distinctly 

 rufous ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater 

 coverts blackish brown, edged and tipped with rufous ; bastard- 

 wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, edged with olive- 

 brown, the secondaries with rufous ; upper tail-coverts rufous, 

 with dusky- brown centres : tail-feathers brown, edged narrowly 

 with rufous ; crown of head a little lighter rufous than the back, 

 and streaked with broad blackish centres to the feathers ; lores and 

 sides of face dark brown, washed with rufous ; throat clearer rufous* 

 with dusky-blackish spots on the chin ; remainder of under surface 

 of body also clearer rufous, mixed with brown, the feathers having 

 dull brownish centres; thighs and under tail-coverts like the 

 abdomen ; under wing-coverts and axillaries clear rufous ; quills 

 below dusky, ashy rufous along the inner edge. Total length 

 5-5 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-9, tail 1-85, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Prince's Island, W. Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. [West Africa.] Sir E. Sabine [P.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Prince's Island. Dr. Dohrn [C.]. 



40. ALARIO. Type 



Alario, Bp. Consp. i. p. 519 (1850) A. alario. 



Critnologus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 164 (1850) A. alano. 



Range. Confined to South Africa. 



1. Alario alario. 



Cape Sparrow, Albin, Nat. Hist. B. iii. p. 63, pi. 67 (1740). _ 



Le petit Moineau du Can de Bonne Esperance, Briss. Om. in. p. 10b, 



pi. 5. fig. 2 (1760). 

 FringiUa alario, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 319 (1766). 

 Bouvreuil du Cap de Bonne Esperance, Daubent. PI. Enl. v pi. 204. 



Bar. 2. 



