334 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



61-. ESTRELDA KUriBARBA. 



FringUia rvfiharba, Ehr. MS, in Mus. Berol., Arabia. 

 Fringilla buccalis, Ehr. MS. in Mus. Berol.j Arabia. 

 Habropijya " rufibarba, Ehr./' Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, 

 p. 169. 



Estrelda rufibarba, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 7. 



Hab. S. Arabia and Abyssinia. 



a. January, Lahej, in Arabia {Brit. Mus.). 



65. ESTRKLDA SUBFLAVA. 



Fringilla subflava, Vieill. N. D. xxx. 1819, p. 575. 



Fringilla sanguinolenta, Temra. PL Col. 1823, pi. 221. fig. 2. 



Estrelda sanguinolenta, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 190. 



Ainadina sanguinolenta, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 370, pi. 30. figs. 2, 3. 



Estrelda {Neisna) subflava, Bp. Cousp. i. 1850, p. 460. 



Sporceginthus subflava, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 170. 



Estrelda subflava, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 144. 



Sporcsginthus miniatus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 167, 

 Abyssinia. 



Estrelda subflava orientalis, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 11. 



Pytelia subflava, Russ, J. f. O. 1869, p. 78. 



Habropyga std^fluva, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 609. 



Ortygospiza subflava, Butler, Feilden, & Reid, Zoologist, 

 1882, p. 300. 



Pytelia sanguinolenta, Bohm, J. f. O. 1885, p. 69, Central 

 Afr. 



Hab. N.E., E., Central, S., and W. Afr. South from 15° N. 

 lat. it ranges from the White Nile to the Gazal river, and has 

 been met with in Central Africa towards Tanganyika. In 

 South Africa it occurs in the Transvaal and Natal, and in 

 West Africa from the Niger to Senegarabia. 



a. September, b. December, Natal {Shelley Mus.). 



66. Estrelda viridis. 



Bengali vert, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 22, pi. 4. 

 Fringilla viridis, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 180. 

 Estrelda viridis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 460 ; Rochebrunc, 

 Faun. Seuegamb. 1884, p. 251. 



