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XII. PHILjETERUS, Smith* 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 249, 1890 ; 

 Eeicbenow, Yog. Afrikas, iii. p. 242, 1904; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, iv. p. 129, 1905.) 



\. SOCiVLSiLa^h.). (p. 249.) S.Africa 



(Reichenow, t. c. p. 242 ; Shelley, f. c. p. 130.) (Orange River, N. to 



Damara Land and tlie 

 Transvaal). 



XIII. NIGRITA, .strldl 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 314, 1890 ; 

 Reichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 166 : Shelley, 



B. Africa, iv. p. 136, 1905.) 

 [Atopoi-nis, Eeichenow & Neumann, Orn. MB. iii. 

 p. 75 (1895).] 



1. canicapilla {Sirirkl.). (p. 31.5.) W. Africa. 



(Eeichenow, ;'. c. p. 170; Shelley, /.c. p. 141.) (Nigeria 



to the Congo). 



SChistacea, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118; Equatorial Africa 



Reichenow, f.c. p. IfiQ; Shelley, (Ivaviroudo, 



t. c. p. 14.5. Sotik, Nandi). 



sparsiniguttata, Eeichenow, Ber, allg. Deutscb. Equatorial Africa 



Orn. Ges. is. p. 4 (1891); id. Vog. (Great Lake District). 



Afrikas, iii. p. 170 (1904). 

 [=No.2, Shelley, f. r. p. 145.] 



4. emiliae, Sharpe. (p. 316.) 



(Reichenow, f. c. p. 169; Shelley, /. c p. 14:5.) 



W. Africa 

 (Liberia to 

 Togo Land). 



I * This genus is considered by Dr. Reichenow to be a Finch, and he appears to have 

 k'Ood reajsons for its transference from the Ploceida to the FrhigiUidcB. 



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