358 On the Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 



Quelea occidentalis, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 129, 

 Senegal, Casamanse, Guinea. 



Queleu lathami, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. (\7 , pi. 30. 

 figs. 236-238. 



Quelea quelea, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 356. 



Hab. S. and W. Afr. The ohole of S. Africa and W. 

 Africa, from Guinea to Senegambia. 



a, ^ , Transvaal, no. 77.7.11.343, has the typical black 

 of the head surrounded by pink ; b, " $ '' Transvaal, no. 

 77.7.11.167, has the portions of the head which are black in 

 typical adult males buff, and these parts are suriouuded 

 with pink [Brit. Miis.). b is a good S. -African parallel of 

 Ploceus russi, Finsch. There is another striking variety of 

 both this and the next species, which is not very uncommon, 

 in which the plumage is rufous or cinnamon, strongly mottled 

 with black. 



107. Quelea .ethiopica. 



Emberiza quelea, Des Murs (nee Linn.), in Lefebvre's Voy. 

 Abyss. 1850, p. 119. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. a>thiopicus, Sundev. ffifv. K. 

 Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1850, p. 126. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris var. major, Sundev. 1. c. 



Ploceus sariguinirostris , Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218, Kor- 

 dofan. 



Coccothraustes sanguinirostris , Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, 

 p. 39. no. 357. 



Quelea orientalis, Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 27, Bogos, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Quelea sanguinirostris, Antin. Cat. 1864, p. 67. 



Quelea cethiopica, Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 405. 



Ploceus russi, Finsch, Gefied. Welt, 1877, p. 317, Africa. 



Hyphantornis quelea, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 232. 



Hyphantica sanguinirostris, Finsch, J. f. O. 1885, p. 134. 



Euplectes gregaria, P. v. Wiirt. MS. ) 



Loxia africana, P. v. Wiirt. MS. > fide Heugl. 



Quelea socia, P. v. Wiirt. MS. ] 



Hah. N.F. and W. Afr., southward from about 18° N. 



