206 ESTRILDA RHODOPYGA 
head with a broad crimson band separating the crown from the cheek and 
ear-coverts, which are buff like the chin, throat and centre of the breast 5 
front and sides of body of a more rufous shade, faintly barred with dusky 
brown, and a slight wash of crimson near the thighs; vent and under tail- 
coverts darker, especially so in the male, the feathers being dusky black, 
barred with sandy-buff and faintly washed with crimson. Ivis red; bill and 
legs black. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0:4, wing 1°8, tail 1:8, tarsus 
0-45. g,11.11.02; ¢, 1.11.02, Khartoum (A. L. Butler). 
Sundevall’s Waxbill inhabits Eastern Africa between 7° S. 
lat. and 16° N. lat. 
The most southern range known for the species is Ugogo ; 
here Mr. Oscar Neumann procured a specimen at Tisso, and 
Mr. Werther one at Irangi. Along the southern shore of 
Victoria Nyanza Emin obtained specimens at Bussisi, and in 
the White Nile district a fine series at Lado and Wadelai. 
Further down the Nile Mr. A. L. Butler found it “ fairly 
common in the gardens of Khartoum (only noticed in winter 
and spring), feeding on grass-seeds, and going about in parties 
of seven or eight. A female, shot on November 1, and a 
male on the 12th of that month, were apparently breeding.” 
In Central Equatorial Africa Mr. Jackson obtained a 
specimen at Toro near Katwe, Dr. Ansorge met with it in 
Unyoro, and Mr. Neumann at Nguruman. From Somaliland 
it was first recorded by M. Oustalet, and has since been 
found there by Dr. Donaldson Smith at Webbe Shebeli and 
Sheik Husein. Elliot collected five specimens at Hillier, and 
Mr. Hawker saw a flock at the native wells of Gebili. In 
Southern Abyssinia Lord Lovat met with it at Feyambiro and 
the Kassim River, and Mr. Pease collected specimens in this 
district in November, December and February, and found them 
frequenting the bush in preference to the reed-beds; Dr. 
Ragazzi obtained it at Soddé, in Shoa, in August. The type 
came from Senaar. In Northern Abyssinia Heuglin met with 
the type of his Hstrelda leucotis in the thick bush near Keren, 
