Ploceid'ce of the Ethiopian Region. 43 



h. Head and breast white, 

 e'. White parts with a huffish shade. Above 



paler, aud witli broad wliite edges to most 



of the wing-feathers 179. T. dinemelli. 



d}. White parts witli an ashy shade. Above 



darker, and with no white edges to any of 



the wing-feathers 180. T. hoehmi. 



177. Textor paniciyorus. 



Loxia panicivora, Linn. S. N. i. 1766^ p. 302. 



Bubalornis niger, Smith, Rep. Exp. Expl. Centr. Afr. 1836, 

 p. 51. 



Textor erythrorhynchus , Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1841, 

 pi. 64. 



Textor niger, Strickl. & Sclat. Contr. Oi'n. 1852, p. 150. 



Textor panicivorus, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 131. 



Alectrornis panicivora, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 89. 



Hab. W. Africa : the whole of S. Africa and the Quanza 

 river, with the exception of Cape Colony and Namaqua- 

 land. 



a, ^ . August, Bamangwato ; b, <^ . July, Transvaal ; c,(^ . 

 November, Damara ; d, e, (^ ? . October, Benguela. 



1 78. Textor albirostris. 



Coccothraustes albirostris, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 534. 



Textor alecto, Temm. PI. Col. 1828, pi. 446. 



Dertroides albirostris, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 163. 



Alectrornis albirostris, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 89, pi. 45. 

 fig. 330. 



Textor intermedins, Cab. v. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. 1869, 

 p. 32, pi. 11, Dalaoni R. and Kisuani. 



Textor scioanus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 195, 

 Shoa. 



Hab. N.E., E., and W. Africa. South from about 16° N. 

 lat. to Kisani in Central E. Africa, and from Senegambia to 

 Bissao on the West Coast. 



This species has been divided into three, and a good key to 

 these varieties is given by Salvadori (Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 

 1884, p. 196) ; but in my opinion these slight variations only 

 indicate local and not always constant races. 



