322 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



a^. With a pink shade on the red portions ; 

 crown and mantle ashy brown, with no 



red shade 37. L. rvfojncta. 



h^. With no pink shade on the red portions ; 

 entire crown, neck, and mantle washed 



with red 38. L. senegala. 



b^. Bill slaty black ; under tail-coverts blaclt. 

 c'. Crown and mantle washed with red. 



e*. Chest black, with only the sides of the 

 crop red ; with no trace of white spots 



on the sides of the chest 39. L. vara. 



d\ Entire chest red ; with white spots on the 



sides of the chest. reiaJ] 



(P. Red parts darker and much brighter . . 40. L. rhodojia- 



e^. Red parts paler and pinker 41. L.jamesoni. 



<P. Crown and mantle not washed with red. 

 /*. With a pale base to the lower mandible ; 

 back and wings brown, and less ashy than 



the crown and back of the neck 42. i. mbricata. 



g"^. With no portion of the bill pale ; crown, 

 back of neck, back, and wings uniform 



deep slaty brown 43. L. polionota. 



h^. Entire underparts duller, nearly uniform ashy 

 brown, only slightly tinted with red ; with no 

 trace of white spots on the sides of the chest. . 44. L. rhodopsis. 

 h. With the sides of the head and upper throat black. 

 //'. Black of head and throat surrounded by red. 

 K^. Black of crown confined to the forehead ; chest 



red, with no white spots on the sides 45. i. vinacea. 



i^. Front half of crown and lower chest black; 



with white spots on sides of the chest 46. L. Jarvata. 



i'. Black of head surrounded by gTey; forehead, 

 crown, mantle, and breast uniform grey ; with 

 white spots on the sides of the chest 47. X. nigricollis. 



37. Lagonosticta rufopicta. 



Estrelda rufopicta, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 27, Gold 

 Coast; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 51. 



Lagonosticta rufopicta, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 19, pi. 4. 

 fig. 38. 



Lagonosticta {Estrelda) lateritia, Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, 

 p. 251, N.E. Afr. 



Pijtelia rufopicta, Fisch. J. f. O. 1869, p. 336. 



