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1195. Ploceus sanguinirostris. 



Loxia sanguinirostris, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 303. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, 

 iv. p. 407. 



a (Askew) 1837. b (N. G. Strickland} 1838. c (Askew) 

 1841. 



All females or young birds probably belonging to this West- 

 African species. 



1196. Ploceus aethiopicus. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris var. cethiopicus, Sundev. Ofv. k. Vet. 

 Ak. Forh. 1850, p. 126. 



Ploceus cethiopicus, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, iv. 

 p. 409: Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. p. 263. 



Ploceus sanguinirostris, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218 (nee 

 Linn.). 



a^bf Kordofan, 15 July (J. Petherick) 1848. 



NlGRITA. 



, Strickland, P. Z. S. 1841, p. 30. 

 Nigrita, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 145. 



1197. Nigrita canicapilla. 



jflthiops canicapillus, Strickl. I. s. c. 

 Nigrita canicapilla, Fraser, 1. s. c.; Zool. Typ. pi. 48. 

 a $ Fernando Po, 7 March (A. Strickland} 1833. 

 The type of this scarce species. 



PLOCEPASSER. 

 Plocepasser, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Av. sub pi. 65 (1836). 



1198. Plocepasser mahali. 



Plocepasser mahali, Smith, I. s. c.: Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 

 1852, p. 150: Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 166. 

 a Damara-land (C. J. Andersson} 1852. 



FOUDIA. 

 Foudia, Reichenbach, Av. Syst. pi. Ixxix. (1850). 



1199. Foudia eminentissima. 



Foudia eminentissima, Bp. Consp. i. p. 446. 



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