198 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



coverts ruddy ; rump more red ; vent pale-brown ; tail-feathers 

 fuscous ; the webs near their base ruddy. 

 South Africa. — Hartlaub. 



388. Estrelda Margaritata, strick. ; Ann. and 



Mag., Nat. His., Vol. 18, 1844, PI. 10 ; E. Verreauxii, 



Massena ; Hartlaub, Orn. W. Af., p. 143 ; P. des Murs., 



PL, p. 64. 



Upper parts, rich ferruginous-brown, except the quills, which 

 axe dusky within ; upper tail-coverts and outer margins of 

 retices dull vinous-red, and their inner webs and apical 

 portions black ; the circuit of the eyes, cheeks, throat, and 

 breast, pale claret- red ; rest of lower parts deep black, spotted 

 next the chest and on the sides with large pearl-like spots, 

 the colour of peach-blossom, of which two are placed trans- 

 versely and subterminally on each feather. Length, 4" 9'" ; 

 wing, 2" 1'" ; tail, 2". 



Hartlaub saya from South Africa. Mr. Strickland, whose descrip- 

 tion I copy, says his specimen " was purchased at Cape Town, and 

 was said to have been brought from Madagascar." 



389. Estrelda Erythronota. (\^ieii.) Ois. Chant., 



t. 14 ; Estrelda Lipiniani, Smith, Append, to Re- 

 port of Exped., p. 49. 



Top of head, neck, and interscapulars, tinted with crimson ; 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, crimson ; hinder part of 

 breast, and belly, dull crimson ; sides of head, chin, under 

 tail-coverts, and tail, black ; quills, ashy brown ; wing- 

 coverts and scapulars, grey, closely banded with brown. 

 Length, 4" 6'". 



Inhabits the country to the north and east of Kurrichane. — Dr. 

 Smith, loc. cit. 



390. Estrelda PolySOna ; Ortygospiza Polyzona, 



Sund. ; Fringilla Atricollis, Vieil., Ency., p. 980 ; 



Frin, Polyzona, Temm., PI., Col. 221, f 3. 



Above, fuscous-grey ; below, banded black and white ; 'chin 

 and eyebrows white ; throat, belly, and front, black ; breast 

 rufous ; vent white ; tail tipped with white ; bill red. 

 Length, 3" 6'" ; wing, 1'" ; tail, 1" 9'". 



Kafirland (Wahlberg).— Hartlaub, Orn. W. Af., p. 148. 



