336 Captciiu G. E. Shelley on the 



Urcegintkus ianthinogaster , Reichen, J. i". O. 1879, p. 326^ 

 pi. 2. figs. 1, 2 (not good), Massa. 



Hab. E. and ? W. Afr. : from Somali to Little Aruscha ; 

 possibly Gambia and Casamanse in W. Africa. 



69. ESTRELDA ANGOLENSIS. 



Blue-beUied Finch, Edw. Nat. Hist. B. 1743, pi. 131 (good), 

 Angola. 



Fringilla angolensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 323, ex Edw. 



Fringilla bengahis, Linn. loc. cit. 



Loxia bengalus, Daud. Traite, ii. 1800, p. 435. 



Loxia cyanogastra, Daud. loc. cit. 



Maripose, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 23, pi. 5. 



Estrelda bengala^ Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 444. 



Estrelda mariposa, Less 1. c. 



Estrelda phoenicoHs, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 192, 

 pi. 14. 



Estrelda {Granatina) angolensis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, 

 p. 458. 



Uraginthus phoenicotis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 171. 



Mariposa phcenicotis, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 6, pi. 1. 

 figs. \,\a,\b,2. 



Pytelia phcenicotis, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 447. 



Mariposa cyanogastra, Gurney in Anders. B. Damara, 

 1872, p. 179. 



Estrelda cyanogastra, Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717. 



Astrilda phcenicotis, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. vii. 

 1881, p. 103. 



Urcpginthus cyanogastra. Sharpens ed. Layard, B. S. Afi-. 

 1884, pp. 473, 850. 



Hab. The whole of Africa south from about 15° N. lat. 



The South-African birds form a race in which the ear- 

 coverts are never red, but I can find no character for dis- 

 tinguishing the females. If these two races were separated, 

 the southern bird should be referred to Fringilla angolensis , 

 Linn., and the northern one to Fringilla bengalensis, Linn., 

 which latter name would have to be superseded by Estrelda 

 mariposa, Less., ex Vieill. 



