46 Oil the Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 



"? Pyrrhula frontalis , Swains. An. in Menag. 1838^ p. 319. 



Pyrenestes frontalis, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1840, pis. 63 

 (ad.)j 63 (young) . 



Pyrenestes albifrons, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 356. 



Amblyospiza albifrons, Sundev. CE£v.Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh. 

 1850, p. 98. 



Coryphegnathus albifrons, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 450. 



? Coryphegnathus schiffi, Bp. t. c. p. 451. 



Hah. S. Africa : Transvaal, Natal, and the eastern portion 

 of Cape Colony. 



183. Amblyospiza melanotis. 



Coryphegnathus melanotis, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 21, 

 White Nile. 



Coryphegnathus albifrons, Heugl. (nee Vigors), Orn. N.O.- 

 Afr. pp. 591, cxxxv. 



Amblyospiza albifrons, Hartl. Abhandl. nat.^Ver. Brem. 

 vii. p. 100, Lado and Magungo. 



Hab. N.E. Africa : Upper White Nile, between about 10° 

 and 5° N. lat. 



a, 6 . March, b, ^ . November, Magungo {Emin Bey, 

 Shelley Mus.) . 



184. Amblyospiza capitalbus. 

 Pyrenestes capitalbus , Temm. MS., Ashantee. 

 Coryphegnathus capitalbus^ Temm. Bp. Consp. i. 1850, 



p. 451. 



Hab. W. Africa : from the Congo to the Gold Coast. 



Since the publication of the first part of my Review of the 

 Family Ploceidse, the following species has been described : — 



Lagonosticta nitidula, Hartl. Bull. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. 

 Belg. iv. 1886, p. 145, pi. 4. fig. 2, ^ and ? ? 



I have examined the type of the adult male. It is a very 

 well-marked form, which, according to my key of this genus, 

 should be placed between L. rufopicta and L. senegala, with 



