60 UROBRACHYA AXILLARIS 
rufous, with the least Coe 
scarlet. . . axillaris. | 
b%. Pale portion of he more phocolas: 
rufous, with the least wing-coverts 
yell? 6 5 < aginis. pf. ¢o 
b?. Black ends to paiaaey corti smaller; 
least wing-coverts scarlet. 
Gs sexi ieee 
a*. Greater wing-coverts more rufous 
than black . . . . zanzibarica. | 
b+. Greater wing-coverts more ‘black 
than rufous) 2 2. 4 aldebrandin. uel 
d*. Bill smaller. 
c*. Winter plumage: head, neck and 
body whiter . . ... . . . pheniceaad. fp. 6, 
d*, Winter plumage: head, neck, and 
body more rufous . . media. | 
b1. Larger, wing not less than 3:5 nulaiee in 
adults ; rufous portion of wing paler sandy 
cinnamon ; least wing-coverts orange. 
c®, Bill and wings danger wing 3°7 to 3:9 
WONG 5 5 o © mechowi. | ¢% 
d?. Bill and wings suailees Hie 3: 5 to Be 7 
made G 6 o ¢ . traversit. | 
b. With pale bases to primaries showin perond 
the under wing-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts 
ryolckyawallony o 5 5 « 5 6 8 5 8 o, 6 (aolAene(es, p70. 
Urobrachya axillaris. 
var. U. affinis. (PI. 30, fig. 2.) 
Vidua axillaris, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr. Aves. pl. 17 (1838) Kez A. 
Urobrachya axillaris, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 224 (1890) Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 328 (1896) ; Shortridge, Ibis, 1904, p. 178 Pondoland ; 
Reichen. Vég. Afr. iii. p. 129 (1904). 
Urobrachya affinis, Cab. Orn. Centrabl. 1881, p. 183 Hab. (?) ; id. J. f. O. 
1882, p. 122. 
Male in breeding plumage. Black, with the exception of the following 
portions of the wing: lesser-coverts crimson-shaded scarlet, inclining to 
yellow on the base of the feathers; median-coverts, basal half of primary- 
