Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 347 



from about 5° N. lat. to Natal and the eastern portion of 

 Cape Colony, and has been recorded on the West Coast from 

 Angola, Sierra Leone, and Senegaiubia. 



81. COLIUSPASSER LATICAUDUS. 



Fringilla laticauda, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 24, 

 Nubia. 



CoUnspasser torquatus, lliipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 

 pp. 98, 101, pi. 36. fig. 2, Siraien. 



Vidua laticauda, Gra)' & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 355. 



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



Coliuspasser laticauda, Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, 

 p. 405. 



Hab. N.E. and E. Africa, from about 15° N. to 4° S. 

 lat. ; Abyssinia, Shoa, Kilimanjaro. 



82. Coliuspasser hartlaubi. 



Penthetria hartlaubi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 341, 

 C aeon da. 



Hab. S. Africa; Caconda in Benguela. 



83. Coliuspasser macrocercus. 



Yellow-shouldered Oriole, Brown, 111. Zool. 177(3, p. 22, 

 pi. 11 (good). 



Fringilla macrocerca, Lieht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 24, 

 note d. Nubia. 



Coliuspasser flaviscapulatus, Riipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 

 pp. 98, 101, Abyssinia (type exam.). 



? Coliuspasser macrurus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 77, 

 Abyssinia. 



Vidua macrocerca, Des Murs in LefebviVs Voy. Abyss. 

 1845-50, p. 172. 



Penthetria flaviscapulatus, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 449. 



Penthetria niacroura. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 176. 



Hah. N.E. Africa, between 15° and 10° N. lat. Con- 

 fined to Abyssinia. 



a, ^. July, N.E. Africa {Brit. Mus.). 



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