Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 309 



Munia fringilloides , Bp. Consp. i. 1850^ p. 153. 



Amaurestes fringilloides, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 86, 

 pi. 44. fig. 322. 



Spermestes fi'ingilloides , Oust. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. 1879, 

 p. 112. 



Hah. E. and W. Afr. : Zanzibar Province, Mosambiquc, 

 Gaboon, Liberia, and Senegambia. 



a. April, Zanzibar [Shelley Mus .) . 



12. Spermestes cucullatus. 



Spermestes cucullatus, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 201, 

 Afr. ; Miill. Descr. Nouv. Ois. Afr. 1854, part iv. pi. 16. 



Loxia prasipteron, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 104, Senegal. 



Amadina cucullata, Sundev. CEfv. K, Vet.-Ak. Forh. 

 Stockh. 1849, p. 159. 



Coccothraustes scutatus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 39. 

 no. 388, N.E. Afr. 



Spermestes scutatus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 18. 



Amadina, sp. ?, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 321, Shupanga, on 

 Zambesi. 



Estrelda cucullata, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 46. 



Hab. The whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat., and 

 the Comoro Islands. 



a. August, Rimo, N.E. Afr. b, c. October and Novem- 

 ber, Durban, d. April, Accra. e,f. February and March, 

 Cape-Coast Castle, g. April, Elmira [Shelley Mus,). 



13. Spermestes rufodorsalis. 



Spermestes rufodorsalis, Peters, J. f. O. 1863, p. 401, In- 

 hambani. 



Amaditia punctipennis, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. 

 xviii. 1867, p. 325, pi. 4. fig. 1. 



Hab. E. and S. Afr., east coast from Lamu to Inhambani. 



14. Spermestes poensis. 



Amadina poensis, Eraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 145, Fernando 

 Po; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 50. fig. 1. 



Spermestes poensis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 454. 



Hab. W. Afr., Congo to Gaboon and Fernando Po. Pro- 

 bably entirely replaced by S. bicolor north of the Equator. 



