198 BIKDS OF SOUTH AFKICA. 



coverts ruddy ; rump more red ; vent pale-brown ; tail-feathers 

 fuscous ; the webs near their base ruddy. 

 South Africa. Hartlaub. 



388. Estrelda Margaritata, strfck. ; Ann. and 



Mag., Nat. His., Vol. 13, 1844, PL 10 ; E. Verreauxii, 

 Massena ; Hartlaub, Orn. W. Af., p. 143 ; P. des Murs. ; 

 PL, p. 64. 



UPPER parts, rich ferruginous-brown, except the quills, which 

 are dusky within ; upper tail-coverts and outer margins of 

 retices dull vinous-red, and their inner webs and apical 

 portions black; the circuit of the eyes, cheeks, throat, and 

 breast, pale claret- red ; rest of lower parts deep black, spotted 

 next the chest and on the sides with large pearl-like spots, 

 the colour of peach-blossom, of which two are placed trans- 

 versely and subterminally on each feather. Length, 4" 9'" ; 

 wing, 2" 1'" ; tail, 2". 



Hartlaub says from South Africa. Mr. Strickland, whose descrip- 

 tion I copy, says his specimen " was purchased at Cape Town, and 

 was said to have been brought from Madagascar." 



389. Estrelda Erythronota. (VieiL) ois. Chant., 



t. 14 ; Estrelda Lipiniani, Smith, Append, to Ke- 

 port of Exped., p. 49. 



TOP of head, neck, and interscapulars, tinted with crimson ; 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, crimson ; hinder part of 

 breast, and belly, dull crimson ; sides of head, chin, under 

 tail- coverts, and tail, black ; quills, ashy brown ; wing- 

 coverts and scapulars, grey, closely banded with brown. 

 Length, 4" 6'". 



Inhabits the country to the north and east of Kurrichane. Dr. 

 Smith, loc. cit. 



390. Estrelda PolySOna ; Ortygospiza Polyzona, 

 Sund. ; Fringilla Atricollis, Vieil., Ency., p. 980 ; 

 Frin. Polyzona, Temm., PL, Col. 221, f. 3. 



ABOVE, fuscous-grey ; below, banded black and white ; chin 

 and eyebrows white ; throat, belly, and front, black ; breast 

 rufous ; vent white ; tail tipped with white ; bill red. 

 Length, 3" 6'" ; wing, I'" ; tail, 1" 9'". 

 Kafirland (Wahlberg). Hartlaub, Orn. W. Af./p. 148. 



