312 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Uroloncha cantans, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 173. 



Eudice cantans, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 46, pi. 16. 

 figs. 146-149. 



Spermestes cantans, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1869, p. 268. 



Hab. N.E., E., and W. Afr., southward from about 16° 

 N. lat. to Massiro in 4° S. lat. E. Africa, and in W. Africa 

 confined to Senegambia. 



19. MUNIA CANICEPS. 



Pytelia caniceps, Reichen. Oru. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139, 

 Massa in E. Afr.; Reichen. & Schal. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 326, 

 pi. 2. fig. 3 (type exam.). 



Spermestes caniceps, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 

 1882, p. 203. 



Hab. E. Afr., Lado to Masai-land. 



a, ^ . April, Tarrangola (Etnin Bey, Shelley Mus.) . 



20. MuNIA ORIZIVORA. 



Loxia orizivora, Linn. S. N. i. p. 302. 



Padcla, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, pi. 61. 



Coccothraustes orizivora, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 545. 



Munia orizivora, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 451. 



Oryzornis orizivora, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851^ p. 172. 



Padda orizivora, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 42, pi. 15. 

 figs. 135-139. 



Hab. E. Afr .J only as an introduced bird, Zanzibar Pro- 

 vince, Mauritius, and Reunion. 



5. Amadina. 



1827. ^ma^iwa. Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, Type. 



p. 319 A. fasciata. 



1851. Sporothlastes, Cab. Arch. f. Naturg. 



1847, pt. i. p. 331 A. fasciata. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper parts barred with black. Males with 



the ear-coverts and a broad band across the 



throat red 21. A. fasciata. 



b. Upper parts with no black bars. Males ^Yith 



the entire head red 22. A. erythrocephala. 



