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circa mandibulae basin sanguineo tinctis; remigibus gracillime flavo, 

 tertiariis latius albido marginatis; subalaribus alaeque flexura isa- 

 bellinis; subtus dilute brunnescens, gula el abdomine medio albidis; 

 rostro et pedibus brunneis. Long. 4" 8'". F e m. flava ubi mas 

 sanguineus. 



Syn. Ploceus erythrops Hart. Rev. zool. 1848, p. 109. — 

 Euplectes erythrops Id. Beitr. Ornith. Westafr. p. 53 , lab. 8. — 

 Foudia erythrops Bonap. Consp. p. 446. 



Hab. Ins. St. Thom^: Weiss in Mus. Hamb. 

 Euplectes Swains. 

 3i6. flammiceps Sw. Scarlatino- ruber; dorso et crisso ochraceis, hoc 

 pallidiore; subcaudalibus ochraceis, lon^ioribus apice albis; regione 

 parotica, genis gula abdomine et alis nigris; cauda nigra, tectrici- 

 bus brevissimus; pedibus pailidis. Long. 4-'/i". 



Syn. Swains. West. Afr. 1, p. 186, pi. 13. — Bonap. Consp. 

 p. 446. Gordon Jard. Contrib. 1849, p. 9. — Rupp. Wirbelth. Abyssin. 

 p. 100. 



Hab. Senegal: Swains. — Cap Coast: Gordon. — 0. 



317. franciscanus (Isert.) Scarlatino -ruber, pileo, genis abdomineque 

 holosericeo- nigris; gula rubra; alis dilute brunneis, remigibus et 

 tectricibus pallide marginatis; cauda brevi fusca, tectricibus rubris 

 longissimis; pedibus pailidis; subalaribus dilute ochraceis. Long. •i'j.^". 



Syn. Loxia franciscana Isert, Schrift. Berlin. Naturf. IX, 332, 

 t. 9. — Fringilla ignicolor Vieill. Ois. chant, pi. 59. — PI. enl. 

 134. — Le Cardinalio Temm. Catal. 107 descr. — Ehrenb. Symb. 

 Physic. Av. I. 2. — Lichl. Doiibl. p. 24. — Euplectes ignicolor Sw. 

 West. Afr. I, p. 184. — Bonap. Consp. 446. — Gordon I.e. p. 9. 



Hab. Cap Coast: Gord. — Gambia: Mus. Brem. — 0. 



318. oryx (Lin.) Major; scarlatino-ruber; facie, genis, regione parotica 

 el abdomine holosericeo -nigris; alis et cauda fuscis, remigibus et 

 tectricibus pallide marginatis; tectricibus caudae superioribus bre- 

 vibus; pedibus pailidis. Long. 5' 3". 



Syn. Cardinalis cap. bonae spei Briss. 111. 114. — PI. enl. 6, 

 fig. 2. — 309, fig. 2 el 181 fig. 2. — Loxia oryx Vieill. Ois. chant, 

 pi. 66. — Swains. West. Air. I, p. 1»7. — Bonup. Consp. p. 446. 

 — Fraser Proceed. Z. Soc. 



Hab. Senegal : Adanson. — Cap Coast : Fraser. — Elmina : 

 Weiss in Mus. Hamb. — M. 



319. melaiiogaster (Ln^^-) Minor; dilute Havus; regione parotica, capi- 

 tis laleribus, menlo, gula abdomineque medio holosericeo- nigris ; 

 alis et Cauda fuscis. hac brevi aequali; inlerscapulio fuscescenle; 

 subalaribus albidis; rostro nigro, pedibus pailidis. Long. 4'/2". 



Syn. Black-bellied Grosbeak Brown lllustr. pi. 34, fig. 2. — Loxia 

 melanog. Lath. J. 0. 1 , 395. — Loxia afra Gm. — Fringilla 

 abyssinica Vieill. Encyclop. p. 953. — Le Worabe Vieill. Ois chaut. 

 pi. 28. — Fringilla ranunculacea Lichl. Doubl. p. 23. — Euple- 

 ctes melanog. Sw. West. Air. I, p. 182. — Thorns. Allen Exp. 

 Nig. i, p. 310. — Bonap. Consp. p. 447. 



Hab. Senegal: Sw. — Iddah ad Nigr. fl. Thoms. 



