16 Captain G. E. Slielley on the 



Fringilla bruante, P. L. S. Miill. Naturs. Suppl. p. 164. 



Emberiza fuscofulva, Bodd. Table d. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 20. 



? Emberiza borbonica, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 886, ex Bufl". 



Foudi, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 96, pi. 63. 



Fringilla madagascariensis, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 235. 



Euplectes ruber, Swains, (nee Gm.), An. in Menag. 1838. 

 p. 309. 



Ploceus madagascariensis, Hartl. Ann. & Mag. Hist. Nat. 

 ser. 2, ii. 1848, p. 389; Milne-Edw. & Grandid. Hist. Madag. 

 Ois., Atlas, ii. pis. 181, 182. 



Foudia madagascariensis , Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 445. 



"^ Foudia borbonica, Reiclih. Singvog. 1861, p. 69, pi. 31. 

 fig. 248. 



Calyphantria madagascariensis. Cab. V. d. Decken^s Reisen. 

 iii. 1869, p. 31. 



Hab. Madagascar, and as an introduced bird in Mauritius, 

 Reunion, Seychelles, and Mohilla. 



In the Paris Museum there is a specimen of P. madagas- 

 cariensis from Reunion, which is orange-yellow instead of red. 

 This abnormal colouring is due, I have no doubt, to its having 

 been caged. 



119. Ploceus ruber. 



Moineau de I' Isle de France, Daub. PI. Enl. 665. 



Red-headed Finch, Brown, 111. 1 77Q, pi. 28. fig. 2. 



Emberiza rubra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 877, ex Buff. 



Fringilla erijthrocephala, Gm, t. c. p. 903, ex Brown. 



Fringille cardinaline, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 52, 

 pi. 28. 



Ploceus erythrocephalus. Swains. An. in Menag. 1838, 

 p. 308. 



Foudia erythrocephala, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 445. 



Foudia martineti, " Gray,^' Miill. J. f. O. 1856, p. 114. 



Foudia rubra, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 68, pi. 31. figs. 244, 

 245. 



Hab. Mauritius. 



a, ad. Mauritius {Paris Mas.), b, ? . Mauritius {Bew- 

 sher, Shelley Mas.). 



