ESTRILDA RUFIBARBA 205 
Estrilda rufibarba. 
Habropyga rufibarba, Cat. Mus. Hein. i. p. 169 (1851) Arabia. 
Estrilda rufibarba, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 394 (1890) ; Shelley B. Afr. I. 
No. 401 (1896) ; Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 182 (1904). 
Estrelda buccalis, Licht. Nomencel. p. 48 (1854) Arabia. 
Adults. Upper parts barred with pale ashy brown and dark brown, the 
bars diminishing in width on the crown, the forepart of which and the fore- 
head are uniform dark ashy brown; rump and upper tail-coverts jet black ; 
tail brownish black, the two outermost pairs of feathers with their outer 
edges white, imperfectly barred with dusky brown; primaries and outer 
secondaries uniform brown; a crimson band extends back from the upper 
mandible round the eye and over the ear-coverts; cheeks, ear-coverts, chin 
and upper throat white; remainder of the under parts buff, with narrow 
dusky brown bars on the lower throat, chest and flanks. ‘Iris red; bill 
reddish black, with the culmen and keel black” (Heuglin). Total length 
4 inches, culmen 0:35, wing 1°8, tail 1°9, tarsus 0°55. Lehej (Yerbury). 
The Aden Waxbill occurs as a straggler along the east 
coast of Abyssinia, and ranges over Southern Arabia. 
There is a specimen in the Berlin Museum labelled ‘* Nubia,”’ 
which belongs to this species, according to Dr. Finsch. 
Estrilda rhodopyga. (Plate 32, fig. 1.) 
Kstrilda rhodopyga, Sundev. (ify. K. Vet. Akad. Férh. Stockh. 1850, 
p. 126 Senaar; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 396 (1890); Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 403 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii. p. 183 (1904). 
Kstrelda rhodoptera, Sundey. (Japs. cal.) Bp. Consp. i. p. 459 (1850). 
Habropyga frenata, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 169 (1851). 
Estrelda effrenata, Licht. Nom. Av. p. 48 (1854). 
Kstrelda leucotus, Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 29 Keren. 
Adult. Forehead, crown and nape ashy brown, passing into sandy brown 
on the mantle, and finely barred with dusky brown; lower back and upper 
tail-coverts crimson ; tail brownish black, washed with crimson towards the 
outer edges of the feathers; the two outer pairs, with the outer webs pale 
brown, with indistinct dark bars; wings brown; lesser coverts like the 
mantle; greater coverts and inner secondaries broadly edged with crimson ; 
under wing-coverts sandy buff; inner edges of the quills whitish; side of 
