Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 321 



Hab. W. Afr., Niger and Gold Coast. 



a, $ . February, Abokobie in Aguapim [Shelley). 



35. Pytilia phcenicoptera. 



Pytilia phonnicoptei'a, Swains. B. W, Afr. i. 1837, p. 203, 

 pi. 16. 



Estrelda erytht'opteron, Less. Echo du Monde Sav. 1844, 

 p. 295, Gambia. 



Zonogastris phcenicoptera, Heugl, Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 

 p. 622. 



Hab. N.E. andW. Afr., Upper White Nile and Senegambia. 



36. Pytilia lineata. 



Fringilla [Estrelda) lineata, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, 

 p. 40. no. 401 (no descr.). 



Pytelia lineata, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 17 (orig. descr.). 



Zonogastris lineata, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 21 ; id. Orn. 

 N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 623, pi. 19. fig. 1 (head). 



Hab. N.E. Afr., Abyssinia. 



11. Lagonosticta. 



1851. Lagonosticta, Cab. Mus. Hein. Type. 



i. p. 171 L. rubricata. 



1850. y4mawc?a?;a, Bp. Consp.i.p. 459 



(part.) L. amandava (Linn.). 



1868. Rhodopyga, Heugl. J.f. 0. 1868, 



p. 13, pi. 1. fig. 3 . . . . L. rhodopsis. 

 1873. Lychnidospiza, Heugl. Orn. 



N.O.-Afr. App. p. cxxxvii . L. rara. 



Estrelda shows its affinities to the present genus through 

 its red-rumped, rounded-tailed raembers, especially when we 

 compare the grey L. nigricollis with E. caerulea. 



Key to the Species. 



a. With no black on the head nor throat. 



a^. Sides of the head, the throat, and sides of the 

 chest vinous red. 

 tt^. Bill red, with the culuien black; under tail- 

 coverts not black. 



