24G PASSERES. 



SPOROPIPES. 

 Sporopipes, Cabanis, Arch. f. Naturg. xiii. p. 332 (1847). 



1208. Sporopipes frontalis. 



Loxia frontalis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlvi. 

 Phihtcerus frontalis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218. 

 Sporopipes frontalis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 179. 

 a (Thomas) 1842. 

 A species of North-east Africa. 



1209. Sporopipes squamifrons. 



Estrelda squamifrons, Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. p. 49; 111. 

 Zool. S. Afr. pi. 95. 



Philetcerus squamifrons, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, 

 p. 150. 



Sporopipes squamifrons, Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 177. 



a S. Africa (Capt. Alexander] 1838. b Damara-land (C. J. 

 Andersson) 1852. 



ViDUA. 



Vidua, Cuvier, Lemons d'An. Comp. i. Tab. ii. (1800). 



1210. Vidua paradisea. 



Emberiza paradisea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 312. 



Vidua paradisea, Sw. B. "W-. Afr. i. p. 172, pi. 11: Strickl. 

 P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218; Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 88. pi. 59: Finsch 

 & Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, iv. p. 424. 



a W. Africa (Robins) 1834. b (N. G. Strickland) 1838. c 

 < Kordofan, 17 August (/. Petherick) 1848. d Damara-land 

 (C. J. Andersson) 1852. 



I can see no difference between the Kordofan and "West- African 

 specimens. The former have been referred to V. Verreauxi by Finsch 

 & Hartlaub. 



1211. Vidua principalis. 



Eniberiza principalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 313. 

 Vidua principalis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218: Finsch & 

 Hartl. v. d. Decken's Reise, iv. p. 428. 



Vidua erythrorhyncha, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 176, pi. 12. 



