Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 319 



c'. Of a more olive sliade ; wing-feathers never 



margined with bright red. 



d^. Bill red in the adults; general plumage 



less grey. 



c^. Quills edged with olive-yellow ; in adult 



males lower throat and crop yellow ; 



breast paler and more distinctly- 



barred 32. P. melha. 



(P. Quills edged with orange-yellow; in 

 adult males lower throat and crop 

 grey; breast darker and less regularly 



barred 33. P. afra. 



d^. Bill slaty blue ; general plumage greyer ; 

 wing - feathers margined with deep 



yellow 34. P. hypoc/rmnmica. 



d}. General plumage grey ; wing-feathers mar- 

 gined with bright red. 



e-. Bill slaty grey 35. P. phoenicoptera. 



f-. Bill red 36. P. lineata. 



30. Pytilia nitidula. 



Estrelda nitidula, Hartl. Ibis, 1865, p. 269, Natal. 



Amadina hartlaubi, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. £asc. xviii. 

 1867, p. 324, pi. 4. fig. 2. 



Hab. S. Afr. : Natal, and " Mosambique " {Bianconi), pro- 

 bably Inhambani. 



a, ^ . Durban {Shelley Mus.) . 



31. Pytilia schlegeli. 



Pytelia schlegeli, Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 482, pi. 14. fig. 2 c? , 

 3 ? , Fantee. 



Hab. W. Afr. : Gaboon, Fantee, and Liberia. 



32. Pytilia melba. 



Fringilla melba, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 319, '^ China" ! 



Fringilla speciosa, Bodd. PI. Enl. 1783, pi. 203. fig. 1. 



Fringilla elegans, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 912; Vieill. & 

 Oud. Gal. Ois. i. pi. 64. 



"^Fringilla formosa. Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 441, 

 'andia"! 



Fringille beau marquet, Vieill, Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 49, 

 pi. 25. 



Loxigilla elegans, Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 444. 



