Whydalis. 263 



" built out of this. The nest is very frail and usually remains 

 " unlined until the first egg has been deposited. The eggs 

 " are bluish or greenish, with numerous spots and blotches of 

 " ash-brown and darker brown. Two is the usual clutch, but 

 " as many as four have been found." 



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HARTLAUB'S MARSH-WHYUAH. 

 Coliostruthits hartlaubi. (H.L., V. 411). 



Synonomy. 



Penthetria hartlaubi. Bocage 1881. and B.M. Cat. 219. Coliiis- 

 passer hartlaubi. (Sh. 1886). and Sh. iv. 54. 

 Range. Equatorial Africa (Upper Kir). S.W. Africa 



(Angola). S.E. Africa (N.E. Rhodesia). Nyassaland. 



This rare Whydah is, when in full colour, black with 



orange-yellow wing-patches, a colour pattern which approaches 



that of the Yellow-shouldered \Vhydah of the next genus, 



Pcnthetriopsis. 



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Coliostruthus huuicralis. H.L. v. 411. 



Synonomy. 

 Pcnthetriopsis hu)ncralis. Sharpe. 1901. Colius passer hartlaubi 



humcralis (Reichenow. 1904). Coliuspasser hartlaubi. 



pt. Sh. iv. 54. 



Range. Equatorial Africa (Mt. Elgon to Wakkala). 



This race of the preceding is not considered distinct from 

 it by Captain Shelley, but appears as a separate species in the 

 Hand List. 



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FULLEBORN'S MARSH-WHYDAH. 

 Coliostruthus psammocromia. H.L. v. 411. 



Synonomy. 

 Penthetria psanuuocromia. Reichenow. 1900. Coliuspasser 



psammocroniius. Reich. 1904, and Sh. iv. 53, where a 



reference to a plate in the third volume of Reichenow is 



given. 



Range. Ukinga, N.E. Nyasaland. 



This apparently very local race or species is another of 



