FRINGILLID.E. 245 



Ploceus abyssinicus, (Gm.) Strickl. &Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852,p.loO. 

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



1204. Pyromelsena capensis. 



Loxia capensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 806. 



Euplectes capensis, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. vii. p. 32 : 

 Sharpe, Cat, Afr. B. p. 62. 



a $ Cape of Good Hope, 15 April (A. Strickland) 1832. b 

 Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1834. c W. Africa (Askew) 1837. d 

 & e ? W. Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1838. / (Bt. at Liver- 

 pool) 1853. 



UROBRACHYA. 



Urobrachya, Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 447 (1850). 



1205. Urobrachya axillaris. 



Vidua axillaris, Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. Av. pi. 17. 

 Urobrachya axillaris, Bp. I. s. c. 

 a (Arthur Strickland) 1850. b (Argent) 1851. 

 A South- African species. 



PENTHETRIA. 

 Penthetria, Cabanis, Arch. f. Naturg. xiii. p. 331 (1847). 



1206. Penthetria ardens. 



Veuve d poitnne rouge, du Cap de Bonne Espe'rance, D'Aub. 

 PI. Enl. 647, unde, 



Fringilla ardens, Bodd. Tab. PI. Enl. p. 39. 



Penthetria ardens, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, iv. 

 p. 423. 



Vidua rubritorques, Sw. B. "W. Afr. i. p. 174. 



a, b Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1838. 



1207. Penthetria macrura. 



Moineau, du Royaume de Juda, D'Aub. PL Enl. 183, f. 1 unde, 



Loxia macroura, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 845. 



Penthetria macroura, Finsch & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, 

 iv. p. 418. 



Fringilla chrysoptera, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. xii. p. 214. 



Vidua chrysoptera, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. vii. p. 32. 



a (Askew) 1834. b, c W. Africa (Johnson) 1807. d W. 

 Africa (N. C. Strickland) 1838. 



