348 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



84. COLIUSPASSER MACRUKUS. 



Loxia macroura, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 845. 



Loxia longicauda, Lath, (nee Gra.) Incl. Oru. i. 1790, 

 p. 373. 



Fringilla flavoptera, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 69, pi. 41 

 (good). 



Fringilla chrysoptera, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 214. 



Penthetria macroura, Cab. Orn. Notiz. 1817, p. 331. 



Vidua macroura, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 355. 



Coliustruthus macrourus, Cass. Pr. Ae. Philad. 1859, 

 p. 136. 



Coliuspasser m,acroura, Bouvier, Cat. Marche, 1875, 

 p. 24. 



Hab. N.E., E., and W. Africa South from about 15° N. 

 lat. ; it ranges to Melindi on the east coast, and to the 

 Quanza on the west. 



85. Coliuspasser albonotatus. 



Vidua albonotata, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 65, 

 Natal; id. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1819, p. 2U, pi. 30. fig. 2. 



Urobrachya albonotata, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 448. 



Penthetria albonotata, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 420. 



Hab. S. and W. Africa : Shire, Zambesi, Matabele, 

 Transvaal, Natal, Benguela, Angola, Loanga Coast, and 

 Gaboon. 



a. Gaboon [Brit. Mus.). 



86. Coliuspasser eques. 



Vidua eques, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 106, pi. 15, Kazeli 

 (Speke). 



Penthetria eques, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 420. 



Urobrachya eques, Fisch. Zeitsch. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 326. 



Hah. E. Africa, between 5° N. lat. and 5° S. lat.; from 

 Lado to Kitui. 



87. Coliuspasser axillaris. 



Vidua, sp. ?, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1831, p. 12. 



