354. Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



PyromeUma mgriventris, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, 

 p. 415. 



Hab. E. Af'r., between about 2° and 15° S. lat. ; from 

 Lamu to Mosambique- 



98. Pyromelana diademata. 



Euplectes diademata, Fisch. & Reiclien. J. f. O. 1878, 

 pp. 264, 354, Malindi (type exam.) ; 1879, pi. 2. fig. 1. 

 Hab. E. Afr., Malindi. 



99. Pyromelana aurea. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 

 Golden-backed Finch, Brown, 111. Zool. p. 60, pi. 25. fig. 2, 



Benguela. 



Loxia aurea, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 846, ex Brown. 



Euplectes aurinotus, Swains,. An. in Menag. 1838, p. 310, 

 ex BroAvn. 



Hab. S.W. Afr., Benguela and Quanza, * 



100. Pyromelana scioana. 



Euplectes scioanus, Salvad. Arm. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1884, 

 p. 185, Shoa. 



Hab. N.E. Afr., Shoa. 



a, (J; . August, Shoa {Antinori, typical specimen, Shelley 

 Mus.). 



101. Pyromelana taha. 



Euplectes taha, Smith, Rep. Exp. Expl. Centr. Afr. 1836, 

 p. 50, Kiirrichaine ; id. 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 7. 



Ploceus dubius. Smith, Rep. Exp. Expl. Centr. Afr. 1836, 

 p. 50 (in moult). 



Euplectes abyssinicus, Strickl. & Sclat. (nee Gm.), Contr. 

 Orn. 1850, p. 150, Damara. 



Taha dubia, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 73. 



Hab. S. Afr. : confined to S. Africa, where it is very gene- 

 rally distributed. 



102. Pyromelana sticta. 



? Fringilla abyssimca. Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 927. 

 Euplectes abyssinicus, Rijpp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 7Q, 

 Abyssinia. 



