QUELEA QUELEA 111 
Type. 
Quelea, Reichenb. Syst. Nat. pl. 76, fig. 1 (1850) . . . . @Q. quelea. 
Hyphantica, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 180 (1851) . . . . . ?Q. quelea. 
This genus is confined to Tropical and South Africa, including St. 
Thomas Island in the Bight of Benin, and comprises four species. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
a. Bill red. 
a1. Side of head and the upper throat black . Mualesin breeding plumage. 
a?, Entire forehead black. . . .  quelea. f 
62, Entire forehead buff . . . ethiopica (typical). / 
b1. Sides of head and the upper amo ae 
black. 
c?. Forehead, crown and sides of head more 
ashy; throat whitish . . . . . . . Males im winter plumage 
and the females. 
d?, Forehead, sides of head and the upper 
throat brighter, sandy buff or pale brown var. russi. 
b, Bill black or brown. 
c1. Forehead bright crimson or scarlet, entire 
ae red in breeding plumage. . Males. 
. Bill larger; upper half of free lige 
crimson, shading almost into black down 
HaeKceninere yo.) § |e 6erythrops. Fully 
f?. Bill smaller ; entire throat bright scarlet cardinalis. /-' 
d'. Noyvedonhead orthroat . . . . . . Females of both species. 
Quelea quelea. 
Emberiza quelea, Linn. 8. N. (x.) p. 177 (1758); (xii.) 1, p. 310 (1766) 
Africa. 
Quelea quelea, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 257, pl. 10, fig. 3 (1890) ; 
Butler, Foreign Finches in Captivity, p. 298, pl. 58 (1894); Shelley, 
B. Afr. I, No. 350 (1896). 
Quelea sanguinirostris (non Linn.), Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 108 (1904). 
Loxia lathami, Smith, Rep. Exped. Centr. Afr. 1836, p. 51 Kurrichaine. 
Quelea sanguinirostris lathami, Reichen. Vég. Afr. iii. p. 110 (1904). 
Quelea occidentalis, Hart]. Orn. W. Afr. p. 129 (1857) Senegambia. 
Ploceus russi, Finsch, Gefied. Welt. 1877, p. 307 W. Afr. 
Quelea russi, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 260, pl. 10, fig. 6 (1890 pt.) ; 
Shelley, B. Afr. I. No. 353 (1896). 
Dioch, Vieill. Ois. Chant. p. 46, pls. 22, 23 (1805). 
