Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 313 



21. Amadina fasciata. 

 Loxiafasciata, Gm. S. N. i. 1788^ p. 859. 

 Loxie fasciee, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, pi, 58. 

 Loxia jugularis , Shaw {fide Giebel, Thes. Orn.). 

 Coccothraustes fasciatus, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 529. 

 Fringilla detruncata, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, pp. 25, 26. 

 Amadina fasciata, Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 349 ; 



id. B. W. Afr. i. pi. 15. 



Sporothlastes fasciatus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 173. 



Hab. N.E., E., and W. Afr., southward from about 17° 

 N. lat. to Masai-land in E. Africa, and to Casamanse on the 

 West Coast. 



22. Amadina erythrocephala. 



Loxia erythrocephala, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 301. 



Loxia brasiliana, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 848. 



Grevelin, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, pi. 49. 



Coccothraustes erythrocephala, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, 

 p. 530. 



Loxia maculosa, Burch. Trav. S. Afr. ii. 1822, p. 269, 

 S. Afr. 



Fringilla reticulata, Voigt, Cuv. Thierreich, i, 1831, p. 582. 



Amadina erythrocephala, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1841, 

 pi. 69. 



Sporothlastes erythrocephala, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, 

 p. 173. 



Hab. S. and W. Afr. It ranges from Matabele and the 

 Transvaal to Great and Little Namaqua, Damara, Lake 

 Ngami, Benguela, and northward to the Loango Coast in 

 "W. Africa. 



a, ($ . June, Bloomfontein {Shelley Mus.). 



6. Pyrenestes. rp 



1837. Pyrenestes, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 156 . P. ostrinus. 



Of this genus I can only recognize one species : it is 

 subject to considerable variation, which I am unable to 

 account for. 



The general plumage is sometimes brown and sometimes 



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