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Coliuspasser asymmetrurus. 
Penthetria asymmetrura, Reichen. J. f. O. 1892, p. 126 Loango, Congo, 
Angola. 
Coliuspasser asymmetrurus, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 322 (1896); Reichen. 
Vog. Afr. iii. p. 141 (1904). 
Penthetria albonotata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 219 (1890, pt. W. Afr.). 
Similar in colouring to C. albonotatus in all its stages; but the male 
in breeding plumage is readily distinguishable by its much, longer tail, which 
varies from 4°5 to 5:5 inches. 
The Angola White-winged Whydah is confined to West 
Africa, where it ranges from Gaboon to the Cunene River. 
In the British Museum there are two specimens in winter 
plumage, from Gaboon, of Du Chaillu’s collecting; three males, 
two in full breeding dress, obtained by Petit at Landana in 
January, 1876; an adult male from Cambambe in Angola, 
where Mr. Monteiro found the species not uncommon in the 
high grass; there are also three full plumaged males from 
Loanda and the Quanza River. 
In Benguela Anchieta has collected specimens at Quis- 
sange, Catumbella and Caconda, where, according to his notes, 
it is known to the natives as the “ Dunquequilele.” It has also 
been met with in the upper Cunene district by Van der Kellen. 
This bird, like C. delamerei, can be recognised easily by 
the greater length of the tail in adult males in full breeding 
plumage. 
Coliuspasser macrourus. 
Loxia macroura, Gm. §. N. ii. p. 845 (1788). 
Coliuspasser macrourus, Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 324 (1896) ; Reichen. Vog. 
Afr. iii. p. 188 (1904). 
Penthetriopsis macrura, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 220 (1900); Butler, 
Foreign Finches in Captivity, p. 292, pl. 52 (1894). 
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