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character to find in members of the genus Hstrilda, but is 
also present in LY. nigricollis. 
Estrilda larvata. 
Amadina larvata, Riipp. N. Wirb. Vég. p. 97, pl. 36, fig. 1 (1835) 
Semien. 
Lagonosticta larvata, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. xiii. p. 286 (1890); Shelley, 
B. Afr. I. No. 434 (1896); Reichen. Vog. Afr. iii, p. 191 (1904). 
Adult. Upper parts slaty grey, washed with vinous red on the hind 
neck ; lower back, upper tail-coverts and edges to the tail-feathers crimson ; 
remainder of tail black; wings browner than the back, with the under- 
coverts and inner edges of the quills ashy white; entire sides of head, the 
chin and throat jet black ; front and sides of the chest vinous red, the latter 
part with small white spots; centre of breast, abdomen and under tail- 
coverts black. ‘Iris brown ; bill and legs dark slate colour.” Total length 
4:5 inches, culmen 0°45, wing 2:1, tail 1:7, tarsus 06. g, 13. 3. 99. 
Golongol (Lovat). 
Riippell’s Black-throated Waxbill inhabits North-east 
Africa. 
In its most western range, the species has been procured 
by Antinori in the Djur country of the Upper White Nile, 
and in Kordofan. Heuglin met with it in Western Abyssinia 
in April and June, frequenting beds of bamboos, at elevations 
of 3,000 to 5,000 feet; it was shy, active, and silent. 
The type was discovered by Riippell in Semien, which is 
the most northern range known for the species. 
Through the kindness of Col. E. A. Butler I have seen a 
good specimen of this rare Weaver from Galabat, where it 
was procured by his son on March 13,1899. In Southern 
Abyssinia, a year later, Lord Lovat shot a specimen at 
Golongol in about 9° N. lat. by 36° HE. long. The egg has 
been described by Mr. Kuschel as white and measuring 
0°56 X 0-43. 
(December, 1904, 15 
