464 on. R. B. SHAEl'E ON BiEDS [May 21, 



16. Steganuea paeadisea. 



Vidua paradisea orientalis, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 583 

 (1869). 



Vidua verreauxi, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. iv. p. cxxxiv (1874) ; 

 Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 286 (1888). 



Steganura pamdi^a (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. jMus. xiii. p. 211 

 (1890) ; Eeicheu. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 192,(1894). 



Vidua paradisea, Oust. Bibl. Ecole Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 

 10, p. 10 (1886). 



a,b. S ad. Smith Eiver, Sept. 11, 1894. Iris dark brown. 

 Breeding. 



c. 6 ad. ; d. S juv. Darro Mountains, Nov. 20, 1894. Iris 

 and feet brown. 



Heuglin doubts \\hether this is a resident species in Xorth-east 

 Africa, as he only observed it between the months of May and 

 December. It does not extend beyond 17" N. lat., but reaches 

 a height of 6000-7000 feet in Abyssinia. It is common in Bogos, 

 Abyssinia, Senar, Kordofan, and the whole district of the White 

 Xile. In Shoa it seems to be rare, as Antinori did not procure 

 specimens, and Dr. Eagazzi only got one at Ambokarra in May. 

 Dr. Eeichenow gives its distribution in German East Africa as 

 extending from Dar-es-Salaam up to the Victoria Nyanza, his list 

 of localities being too large to quote. 



17. Pyeomelana FEAAX'ISCANA. 



Euplectes franciscanus (Isert) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. o71 

 (1871); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 184, vi. p. 288 (1888). 



Pyromelana fvanciscana, Shelley, Ibis, 1885, p. 409 : Oust. Bibl. 

 Ecoles Hautes Etudes, xxxi. art. 10, p. 10 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 233 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 248. 



A migrant in North-eastern Africa, according to Heuglin, 

 arriving from the interior in June and July. It is especially 

 common in the lowlands of Abyssinia, extending to 1000 feet ; 

 as well as in Takah, Senar, Kordofan, and Nubia. Its most 

 northern limit on the Nile is 22° N. lat. In Shoa, Antinori states 

 that it arrives in May, and he procured specimens from May to 

 September. Dr. Eagazzi also met with the species in Shoa from 

 the end of April to August. Mr. Jackson procured a male at 

 Elgeyo in July, but it is not included in Dr. Eeichenow's list of 

 the birds of German East Africa. 



18. PXEOMELAIfA XAJfTHOMEL^afA. 



Euplectes capensis, var. minor, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 573 

 (1871). 



Pyromelana xanthomelcena (Eiipp.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xiii. p. 239 (1890) ; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 248. 



Eupilectes xanthomelas, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 186 

 (1884), vi. p. 109 (1888). 



