Ploceidie of the Ethiopian Reyiou. 355 



Eupledes stictus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 39. no. 385, 

 Simen. 



? Taha abijssinica, Reiclib. Singvog. 1861, p. 73, ex Gm. 



Eupledes taha, Autiu. Cat. 1864, p. 68. 



Euplectes hahessinicus , Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 

 p. 575 (part.), N.E. At'r. 



Oryiix afer, Heugl. torn. cit. App. 1873, p. cxxxiii (part.), 

 N.E. Afr. 



Eupledes ladoensis, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 218, Lado 

 (type exam.). 



Hab. N.E. Afr., Abyssinia and the Nile-region between 

 15° and 5° N. lat. 



a, ^. June; h, ,^ . August, Lado {Shelley Mus.). 



103. Pyromelana afra. 



Black-bellied Grosbeak, Brown, 111. 1776, p. 58, pi. 24. 

 fig. 2. 



Loxia afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 857, ex Brown. 



Loxia melanogastra, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 394, ex 

 Brown. 



Worabee, Yieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 52^^ pi. 28^^ 

 (fair). 



Frinyilla abyssinica, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 232. 



? Coccothraustes melanogastra, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, 

 p. 543. 



Frinyilla ranunculacea, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 23, ex 

 Worabee (Vieill.). 



Eupledes melanoyastra, Svvains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 182, 

 Senegal. 



Eupledes afer, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 62. 



Pyromelana afra, Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 552. 



Hab. W. Afr., from the Niger to Senegambia and Fernando 

 Po. The locahty Quanza {IVhitely), fide Bocage, Orn. 

 Angola, p. 338, is probably incorrect. 



18. QUELEA. rp 



1850. Qiielea, Reichb. Syst. Nat. pi. 7Q> . . . Q. quelea. 



1851. Hyphantica, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 180 . . Q. quelea. 



