186 URZGINTHUS CYANOCEPHALUS 
Ureginthus cyanocephalus. 
Estrilda cyanocephala, Richmond, Auk. 1897, p. 157 (1897) User. 
Ureginthus cyanocephalus, Reichen. Vég. Afr. iii. p. 210 (1904). 
Type. Similar to U. angolensis, but differing in the forehead and crown 
being verditer blue like the sides of the head. ‘‘ Whole head, breast, sides 
of body, rump, upper tail-coverts and tail Nile blue, somewhat darker 
on the inner webs of the tail-feathers ; nape, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, 
and sides of neck wood brown; wings ashy brown, edged with wood brown ; 
lower breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, thighs, axillaries, and under wing- 
coyerts cinnamon buff; edge of wing Nile blue. Bill and irides red. Wing 
2:08 inches, tail 2°14, tarsus 58, culmen, -36”’ (Richmond). ¢, 12.1. 89. 
Useri River (Abbott). 
The Blue-crowned Cordon-bleu inhabits the Kilimanjaro 
district. The type was discovered by Dr. W. L. Abbott at the 
Useri River, which flows from the east flank of Mount Kili- 
manjaro and is apparently a very local form, being known up 
to the present time by the two typical specimens only. Dr. 
Richmond writes: ‘‘ This species is closely related to H. ango- 
lensis, but the entire head is blue; the brown on the upper 
surface and wings is darker, and the abdomen and under tail- 
coverts are of a deeper colour. A second specimen in the 
collection, also an adult male, was collected on the plains of 
Kilimanjaro, October 5, 1888.” 
Ureginthus bengalus. 
Fringilla bengalus, Linn. S. N. (x.) p. 182 (1858) ; (xii.) i. p. 323 (1766) 
“« Bengala”’ (= Benguela). 
Ureginthus bengalus, Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 207 (1904). 
Kstrilda mariposa, Less, Traité, p. 444 (1831). 
Estrelda pheenicotis, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 192, pl. 14 (1837) ; 
Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 400 (1890); Butler, Foreign Finches in 
Captivity, p. 126, pl. 25, figs. 1, 2 (1894); Nehrkorn, Kat. Hiers. 
p. 128 (1899) egg; Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 957 White Nile ; 
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