Whydahs. 241 



is that of Russ. on which Stark writes, "Dr. Russ succeeded 

 " in getting it to breed in confinement, by turning a cock with 

 " three hens into a large room. In November a sort of double 

 ■■ nest was built on the wire bottom of a high hanging cage 

 " . . . The first nest when examined contained three dead 

 " young ones, the other a single living one, which was fed by 

 " two females. The male did not trouble himself about either 

 " nest or young. "" A fuller account of this event will be found 



in Butler's " l-'oreign Finches." 







LOXG— TAILED WHYDAH. 



Piatropiira proguc. (H.L., v. 410). . 



Synonomy. 

 I 



Long-tailed Widow-bird; Long-tailed Weaver. 



(jreat-tailed Whydah, Great-tailed Widow-bird, Kaffir Great- 

 tailed Whydah. 



" Kaflir Chief " (Eng'ish in S.A.); " Kaffir Fink " occasionally. 



" Isa-kabuli," the Zulu name; " Sakabula Bird." the common 

 .S. African corrujition of this name. 



Giant Whydah. 



Twelve-tailed Whydah, occ. dealers' name. 



Brown-shouldered Whydah, Orange-shouldered Whydah, Epau- 

 let Whydah-bird. 



* Caffrarian Cirosbeak. 



* <^ )range-shouldered Bunting. 



II 



Einbcrlza procnc. Bodd. 1783. (" progne. Bodd " /Shelley). 



Chcra prucnc (Gray. 1849), and B.M. Cat. 



Chcra procne (Layard. 1867), Vidua progne (Schl. 1872). 



Coliuspasser procne (Shelley. 1886). 



Coliipasser procne (Sh. 1896), Coliopasscr procne, (Stark, 1900). 



Coliuspasser progne (Sh. B. of Afr. iv. 1905). 



Diatropura progne (Reichen. 1904) and H.L. v. 1909. 



Loxia caffra. Gm. 1788. Fringilla caffra (Licht. 1823). 



Chera caffra (Cab. 1850). 



