Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 341 



Kiparaja (type exam.) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 475, pi. 47. 

 fig. 1 (good). 



Hah. E. and W. Africa: E. Africa between 1° and 7° S. 

 lat. from Kiparaja to Ugogo; and in W. Africa, Casamause 

 and Gambia. 



74. Vidua principalis. 



Long-tailed Sparrow, Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. 17G0, fig. 3 

 (good, in moult with long tail, brown plumage). 



Emberiza serena, Linn, S. N. i. 1766, p. 312 (not in full 

 plumage). 



Emberiza vidua, Linn. loc. cit. (in full plumage). 



Emberiza principalis, Linn. loc. cit., ex Edw. 



Veuve Dominicaine, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 61, pi. 30 

 (good, white chin). 



Vidua principalis, Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 388. 



Vidua serena, Cuv. loc. cit. 



Fringilla serena, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 216. 



Fringilla principalis, YieiW. tom. cit. p. 219. 



Vidua erythrorhyncha. Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 176, 

 pi. 12 (good, black chin). 



Estrelda serena, Des Murs, in Lefebvre^s Voy. Abyss. 1845- 

 50, p. 113 



Videstrelda serena, Lafr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 325. 



? Vidua fuliginosa , Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 49. 



Vidua decora, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 240, Angola (type 

 exam., black chin). 



Hah. Africa, generally south from about 16° N. lat. 



«, cJ. July, Bejook. 6, ^^ , full plumage. December. c,6 . 

 October, nearly full plumage, d, $ . September, half moult. 

 e, $ . June, full moult. Natal. /. March, full moult, Cape- 

 Coast Castle [Shelley Mus.). 



75. Vidua superciliosa. 



"Fringilla superciliosa, Temm.,-*^ Vieill. N. D. xii. p. 216 

 (ex Temm.), 1817; Vieill. & Oud. Gal. Ois. i. 1825, p. 73, 

 pi. 61. 



Vidua superciliosa, Griff, ed. Cuv. Regne An. ii. 1829, 

 p. 150. 



