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113. EuPLECTES NIGRIVENTRIS. 



Pyromelana nigriventris (Cass.), Finsch & Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. 

 p. 415 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1877, pp. 171, 179, 206, 208, 425, 426 ; 

 Gurney, Ibis, 1881, p. 128. 



Euplectes nigriventris, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 715; Nicholson, 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer & 

 Reichenow, torn. cit. p. 264 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1879, pp. 286, 303 ; 

 Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, pp. 187, 190, 192. 



Lamo ; Pangaiii ; Ugogo. 



This species is confined to East Africa, where it ranges from 

 Mombas to Mosamhique. 



114. Euplectes XANTHOMELAS. 



Pyromelana capensis (part.), Finsch & Hart). Vog. Ostafr. p. 416. 



Euplectes capensis, Nicholson, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 358; Fischer & 

 Reichenow, J. f. O. 1878, p. 264. 



Oryx xantkomelas (Riipp.), Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer 

 & Reichenow, J. f. O. 1879, p. 351. 



Lamo ; Usambara mountains ; Ugogo; Dar-es-Salaam. 



Swainson records E. capensis from Senegal ; and were it not that 

 I doubt the authenticity of Swainson's locality, I should expect his 

 bird to belong to the present species, which is known to range from 

 Abyssinia, throughout East Africa, to Natal. The larger but closely 

 allied E. capensis ranges from Natal and the Transvaal, throughout 

 the western portion of South Africa, to Angola. 



115. Urobrachva zanzibarica, sp. n. 



IPenthetria axillaris, Cab. J. f. O. 18/8, p. 231; Fischer & 

 Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 264; Fischer, torn. cit. p. 283; id. J. f. O. 

 1879, p. 286 ; Fischer & Reichenow, tom. cit. p. 351. 



Lamo ; Melinda ; Pangani ; Usambara mountains. 



Similar in size and general plumage to U. axillaris (Smith), but 

 differs in the far greater amount of rufous-browu on the primary- 

 and greater wing-coverts ; primary-coverts rufous-brown, only tipped 

 with black ; greater wing-coverts rufous-browu ; the outer feather 

 with the end and the end-half of the outer web black ; about five of 

 the inner greater coverts are black, edged with rufous-brown ; and in 

 the next three or four the black becomes limited to spots near the 

 ends of the inner webs, the remaining five or six greater wing-coverts 

 being entirely without any black portions. 



Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 065, wing 3'5, tail 2*7, tarsus 1. 



I have compared eight adult males of this species from the above 

 localities with seven specimens of J7. axillaris from Natal, and find 

 the characters mentioned perfectly constant. 



116. Vidua paradisea. 



Vidua paradisea (Linn.), Finsch & Hart). A^og. Ostafr. p. 424. 

 Vidua verreauxi, Finsch & Hartl. tom. cit. p. 426 ; Fischer, 



