328 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



contrastiug strongly with the surround- 

 ing plumage. 

 n^. Eump and upper tail-coverts brown, 

 finely barred with black. Under tail- 

 coverts black. 

 «■*. With no red shade on any of the 

 upper pai'ts, under tail-coverts en- 

 tirely black (SY. E. astrild. 



0^. Upper parts, especially the rump, 



slightly shaded with red. The 



throat, flanks, and under tail - 



coverts also washed with red. Subsp. 62. E. rhodopyya. 



0^. Rump and upper tail-coverts uniform 



black. Under tail-coverts white. 



p^. Smaller. Breast shaded with pink. 



Culmen and gonys not black .... 63. E. cinerea. 

 q^. Larger. Breast not shaded with pink. 



Culmen and gonys black 64. E. rufibarba, 



jf. Rump and upper and under tail- coverts 

 red. Breast yellow, with the sides 



olive barred with yellow 65. E. suhjlava. 



60. E, viridis. 

 b. Rump and upper tail-coverts blue. 

 r\ Blue portions of plumage ultramarine. 



>'^. Upper throat black. Breast cinnamon . . 67. E. yrunatina. 

 s^. Upper throat cinnamon. Breast blue. . . . 68. E. ianthinoyadra. 

 s^. Blue portion of the plumage verditer blue. 



Throat the same colom- as the rump .... 69. E. anyolensis. 



48. ESTRELDA CiERULESCENS. 



Bengali gris-bleu, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805_, p. 27, pi. 8. 



Fringilla carulescens, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817_, p. 176. 



Estrelda cesrulescens , Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 195. 



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



Habropyga ccerulescens, Reichb. Siugvog. 1861, p. 12^ pi. 2. 

 figs. 14, 15. 



Habroj^yga fimbriata, Reichb, t. c. pp. 12, 49, pi. 18. figs. 

 365, 166. 



Hab. W. Afr.j Casamanse and Senegambia. 



49. Estrelda perreini. 



Fringilla perreini, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 179, Congo. 

 Estrelda melanogastra, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 194. 



