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383. Estrelda Rubricata. (Licht) Vieii, Ois. 



Chant., t. 9 ; E. Rubricata et Rufo-pectus, Gr. ; Bp. 



Cons. Av., p. 459. 



ABOVE, olive ; rump purple ; beneath purple ; vest black ; 

 bill black. Length, 4". 

 Natal. (Ayres.) Ibis, 1864, p. 352. 



384. Estrelda Melanogenys, Sundev. ; Ofvers. 



K. Vet. Ak, Forhandl. 



BACK, olivaceous, slightly undulated ; head cinereous ; rump 

 red ; throat, cheeks, and tail, black ; breast cinereous ; belly 

 dull whitish-yellow ; upper mandible black ; lower red. 

 Inhabits Port Natal. Sund., loc. cit. 



385. Estrelda Incana, Sundevall; Ofvers. K. Ak. 

 Forhandl., 18,50, p. 98 ; E. Natalensis, Caban. ; Hartl., 

 Orn. W. Af., p. 143. 



ASH-COLOURED, with red rump ; throat whitish ; chin, stripe 

 between eye, and bill, black j tail black, graduated ; vent 

 dark-fuscous ; bill and legs black. 

 Inhabits South Africa. (Wahlberg) sed non vidi. 



386. Estrelda Dufresnii. (Vieii.) HartL 



W. Af., p. 142 ; Fringilla Melanotis, Temm., PL Col. 

 221, f. 1 ; Fringilla fteisna, Licht. 



5 Top of head and back of neck, ashy; back and shoulders, 

 green ; wings rufous ; rump red ; tail black ; ears, chin, and 

 upper part of throat, deep black ; lower part of the latter, 

 white ; chest ashy-white ; belly and vent yellowish- white ; 

 bill, upper mandible, black, lower scarlet. 9 wants the 

 black on the head and throat, and all her colours are less 

 vivid. Length, 3" 9'" ; wing, 1" 9'" ; tail, 1" 8'". 



Swellendam and Knysna are the only places whence I have received 

 this pretty species. Mr. Ayres has found it in Natal ; and Hartlaub 

 quotes it from Kafirland. 



387. Estrelda Minima; Lagonosticla Minima, 

 Vieii., Ois. Chant,, t. 10. 



PALE-RED ; the lower part of the back pale-brown, with a 

 ruddy tint ; wings pale-brown ; scapulars and lesser wing- 



