Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 323 



Astrilda rufopicta, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. xii. 

 1881, p. 103. 



Estrelda bilineata, Gray, MS. in Brit. Mus., Niger (type 

 exam.). 



Hub. N.E. and W. Afr. : Upper White Nile, and from the 

 Niger to Senegambia. 



a. March, Cape-Coast Castle (Shelley). 



38. Lagonosticta senegala. 



Senegali rouge, Briss. Orn. iii. 1760, p, 208, pi. 10. fig. 2. 



FringiUa senegala, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 320, ex Briss. 



? Fringilla ignita, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 906, ex Brown. 



Petit Senegali rouge, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 31, pi. 10. 



Fringilla minima, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 183, ex Ois. 

 Chant, pi. 10. 



Estrelda minima, Riipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, p. 101. 



Lagonosticta minima. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 172. 



Lagonosticta ignita, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 18, pi. 4. 

 fig. 36. 



Lagonosticta senegala, Reichb. t. c. fig. 37. 



Estrelda senegala, Hartl, Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 143. 



Pytelia minima, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1869, p. 267. 



Lagonosticta russi, Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 453 (type 

 exam.). 



Estrelda rueppelli. Gray, MS. in Brit. Mus. (type exam.). 



Hah. N.E., E., and W. Afr. Tlie whole of E. Africa from 

 17° N. lat. to Durban in Natal, Damara, Loango Coast, 

 Niger, Casamanse, and Senegambia. 



39. Lagonosticta rara. 



Lagonosticta vel Estrelda w^e/Gwo^a5^r«,Heugl. (nee Swains.) 

 J. f. O. 1863, p. 273, Djur and Kosango. 



Hahropyga rara, Antin. Cat. 1864 (March), p. 72. 



Estrelda vel Hahropyga hypomelas, Heugl. J. f. O. 1861 

 (May), p. 252. 



Rhodopyga hypomelas, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 13, pi. 1. 

 fig. 4. 



Rhodopyga rara, Salvad, Att. R. Ac. Tor. 1870, p. 742. 



