346 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Vidua longicauda, Cuv. Regne Au. i. 1817, p. 388, 



Fringilla caffra, Licht. Yerz. Doubl. 1823, p. 22. 



Vidua phoenicopterns, Swains. Qlass. B. ii. 1837, p. 112, 

 pi. 161. 



Chera procne, GraVj Gen. B. ii. 18i9, p. 355. 



Penthetria lomjicauda, Licht. Nomeucl. 1854, p. 49. 



Chera caffra, Reichb. Siugvog. 1861, p. 65, pi. 29. figs, 

 230-232. 



Hab. S. Africa: Transvaal, Natal, eastern portion of Cape 

 Colony, and Benguela. 



80. COLIUSPASSER ABDENS. 



Emberiza ardens, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Eul. 1783, p. 39, 

 no. Q)li7. 



Embei'iza signata, Scop. Faun, et Flor. Insiib. 1786, p. 95, 

 ex Sonn. 



Emberiza panayensis , Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 885. 



Vidua lenocinia, Less, Traite Orn. 1831, p. 437, Cape (in 

 partial moult). 



yidua torquata, Less. Compl. Buff. viii. 1837^ p. 278, Cape 

 (with a yellow collar) . 



Vidua ritbritorques, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 174, 

 Senegambia. 



Vidua concolor, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. QQ, Africa 

 (black var.); id. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1849, p. 241, pi. 30. 

 fig. 1. 



Vidua ardens, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 355. 



ColiustnUhus concolor, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-xlk. Forh. 

 Stockh. 1849, p. 158. 



Penthetria rubritorques, Bp. Consp. i, 1850, p. 448. 



Penthetria concolor, Bp. loc. cit. 



Penthetria ardens, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 177. 



Niobe ardens, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 61, pi. 26. figs, 

 219, 220. 



Penthetria hartlaubi. Cab. (nee Bocage, 1881) J. f. O. 

 1883, p. 318, Wakkola (Emin Bey, type exam.). 



Coliustruthus ardens, Finsch, J. f. O. 1885, p. 135. 



Hah. S.E. and W. Africa. On the eastern side it ranges 



