324 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Habropyga hypomel<Bna, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 

 p. 611. 



Lychnidospiza melanogastra, Heugl. Orn, N.O.-Afr. 1873, 

 p. cxxxvii. 



Hab. N.E. and W. Afr. : Upper White Nile, and Lukoja on 

 Niger. Between 5° and 10° N. lat., but not recorded to the 

 west of 5° E. long., nor east of 35° E. long. 



a, ^ . August, Lukoja on Niger {Forbes, Brit. Mus.). 



40. Lagonosticta rhodopareia. 



Lagonosticta rhodopareia, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 16, 

 Bogos. 



Estrelda rhodopareia, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 446, 

 note. 



Lagonosticta rubricata, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 615. 



? Estrelda rubricata, Reichen. J. f. 0. 1877, p. 229, Loango 

 Coast. 



Lagonosticta polionota. Cab. (nee Shelley) J. f. O. 1878, 

 p. 229, Mombas; Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 588, Dar-es- 

 Salaam. 



? Lagonosticta rubricata, Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 362, 

 Landana. 



Habropyga cenochroa, Hartl. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 91, 

 Central Afr. (type exam .) . 



Hab. N.E., E., and ? W. Afr. Southward in E. Africa from 

 21° N. lat. to Dar-es-Salaam ; and I expect it is the species 

 referred to above from the Loango Coast and Landana. 



a. Dar-es-Salaam {Kirk, Shelley Mus.). 



41. Lagonosticta jamesoni. 



Lagonosticta jamesoni, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 355, Matabele. 

 Hab. S. Africa, Matabele. 



a, ^ . December, Tatin R. b, $ . August, Umvuli R. 

 {Jameson, Shelley Mus. types). 



42. Lagonosticta rubricata. 



Fringilla rubricata, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 27, 

 Caffraria. 



Estrelda rubricata, Gray& Mitchell, Gen.B.ii. 1849, p. 368. 

 Lagonosticta rubricata, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 171. 



