FRINGILLID^.. 197 



383. Estrelda Rubricata. (Licht.) Vieii., Ois. 



Chant, t. 9 ; JS. Rubricata et Rufo-pedus, Gr. ; Bp. 



Cons. Av,, p. 459. 

 Above, olive ; rump purple ; beneath purple ; veiat black ; 

 bill black. Length, 4". 

 Natal. (Ayres.)— Ibis, 1864, p. 352. 



384. Estrelda Melanogenys, Sundev. ; Ofver». 



K. Vet. Ak., Forhandl. 



Back, olivaceous, slightly undulated ; head cinereous ; rump 

 red ; throat, cheeks, and tail, black ; breast cinereous ; belly 

 dull whitish-yellow ; upper mandible black ; lower red. 

 Inhabits Port Natal.— Sund., loc. cit. 



385. Estrelda Incana, Sundevall; Ofvers. K.Ak. 

 Forhandl., 18-50, p. 98 ; ^. Natalensis, Caban. ; Hartl., 

 Orn. W. Af., p. 143. 



AsH-coLOURED, with red rump ; throat whitish ; chin, stripe 

 between eye, and bill, black ; tail black, graduated ; vent 

 dark-fuscous ; bill and legs black. 

 Inhabits South Africa. — (Wahlberg) — sed non vidi. 



386. Estrelda Dufreshii. (Vieii.) HartL Om. 



W. Af., p. 142 ; Fringilla Melanotis, Temm., PI. Col. 

 221, f. 1 ; Fringilla ISeisna, Licht. 



5 — Top of head and ^ck of neck, ashy ; back and shoulders, 

 green; wings rufous ; rump red; tail black ; ears, chin, and 

 upper part of throat, deep black ; lower part of the latter, 

 white ; chest ashy-white ; belly and vent yellowish- white ; 

 bill, upper mandible, black, lower scarlet. 9 wants the 

 black on the head and throat, and all her colours are less 

 vivid. Length, a" 9"' ; wing, 1" 9'" ; tail, 1" 8'". 



Swellendam and Knysna are the only places whence I have received 

 this pretty species. Mr. Ayres has found it in Natal ; and Hartlaub 

 quotes it from Kafirland. 



387. Estrelda Minima; Lagmostida Minima, 



Vieii., Ois. Chant,, t. 1 0. 



Pale-red ; the lower part of the back pale-brown, with a 

 ruddy tint ; wings pale-brown ; scapulars and lesser wing- 



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