Liberia <^ 



Family Ploceid/H 



Vidua Serena. 



Vidua principalis {X^mn.)\ lUittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 197 

 (Robertsport), viii. p 259 (Junk River), x. p. 91 (Schieffelins- 

 villc and Marshall), xi. pp. 124, 134 (Farmington, Junk, and 

 Mesurado Rivers), xii. p. 204 (Robertsport) ; id. Reiscbilder 

 Liberia, ii. p. 416. 

 V. Serena (Linn.); Rcichen. Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 217 (1904); 

 Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 209 (St. Paul's River). 



Pyromelana flammiceps, Swains. 



Coliopasser macurus, Gm. 



ftuelea erythrops, Hartl. 



Pyrenestes coccineus, Cass. 



Zonogastris melba (Linn.). 



Ortygospiza polyzona, Temm. 



Estrelda rhodopyga, Sundev. 



Pytilia schlegelii, Sharpe. 



Amauresthes fringilloides (Lafr.). 



Spermestes bicolor. 



Sperniestes bicolor (Fraser) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 202 

 (Sofor6 Place, St. Paul's River), viii. p. 261 (Monrovia and 

 Junk Rivers), x. p. 62 (Schieffelinsville), xi. pp. 125, 134 (Mount 

 Olive), xii. p. 205 (Robertsport), Reichen. Vog. Afrikas, iii. 

 p. 151 (1904); Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 209 (St. Paul's 

 River). 



S. cucullatus (Swains.). 



Nigrita emilise, Sharpe. 



N. bicolor (Hartl.). 



Sporseginthus melpodus. 



Estrelda melpvda (Vieill.) ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. viii. p. 260 

 (Oldfield and Schieffelinsville), xi. p. 134; id. Reisebilder 

 Liberia, ii. p. 417 ; id. Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. p. 205 (Roberts- 

 port). 

 Sporcegintlius melpodus, Sharpe, Cat. B Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 325 

 (1890) ; Chubb, P.Z.S. 1905, vol. i. p. 210 (St. Paul's River). 



Ploceus nigerrimus, Vieill. 



P. nigricollis. 



P. tricolor, Hartl. 



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