PLOCEID.E VIDUA 145 



b l . Central feathers webbed only for two or three 

 inches at the ends, the rest bare shaft. 

 Bill red V. regia, in summer. 



p. 148. 



c l . Central feathers very broad; the inner pair 

 webbed at base for about four inches, the 

 shafts extending several inches further, and 

 twisted, so that the inner surfaces are op- 

 posed ; the outer pair about twelve inches 

 long with a hair-like filament attached to 

 the base of each. Bill black V. paradisea, $ in 



summer, p. 150. 

 b. Tail shorter than the wing. 



d l . Bill red. 



a. 2 . Crown reddish-buff, unstreaked, bordered 



by a broad black streak. 

 Eyebrow reddish-buff. 



Wing 2-65 ; tail 2-20 F. principalis, ? 



p. 146. 



Wing 2-85 ; tail 2-25 V. principalis, $ in 



winter, p. 146. 

 6 2 . Crown whitish streaked with brown, 



bordered by a streak of dusky. 

 Eyebrow whitish. 



Wing 2-80; tail 2-00 V. regia, ? p. 148. 



Wing 2-90 F. regia, $ in winter, 



p. 149, 

 e l . Bill light brown. 



c 3 . Crown buff slightly streaked with black 

 and bordered by a broad streak of black. 

 Eyebrow buff. 

 Wing 3-00; tail 2- 50 V. paradisea, ? p. 150. 



77. Yidua principalis. Pin-tailed Widow Bird. 



Emberiza principalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 313 (1766). 



Vidua principalis, Cuvier, Regne Anim. i, p. 389 (1817) ; Layard, B. S. 

 Afr. p. 189 (1867) ; Gurney in Andersson's Birds of Damara Land, 

 p. 181 (1872) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp 453, 848 (1884) ; 

 id. Cat. B. M. xiii, p. 203 (1890) ; Butler, Foreign Finches, p. 278, 

 pi. $ and ? (1894) ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 23 (1896). 



" Koning-Koodebec " of Dutch Colonists. 



Dominican Widow Bird ; Common Widow Bird of English. 



Description. Adult male in breeding plumage. Above, crown and 

 mantle black, a white collar separating the crown from the mantle ; 

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