466 DR. R. B. siiABPE ON BiEDS [May 21, 



In November and April, Antinori saw the species in Shoa, at 

 Diambi and Lake Cialalaka, and Dr. Ragazzi procured it at Sodde in 

 Auo;ust. Mr. Jackson appears to have shot specimens only in the 

 Teita district, and Dr. Eeichenow gives the following localities for 

 Q. intermedia : — Pangani, Usegiiba, Ugogo, Pare Mountains, 

 Nguruman, Kageije, Igonda. 



21. Amadina fasciata. 



Sj^orothlastes fasciatus (Gm.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 596 



(1871). 



Amadina fasdata (Gm.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) i. p. 179 

 (1884), vi. p. 28:3 (1888) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 289 

 (1890); Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 183 (1894). 



a. (S ad. Lammo, Aug. 12, 1894, Breeding. 



h, c. S 2 ad. Goura, Sept. 14, 1894. Bill grey ; feet flesh- 

 colour ; iris reddish brown. 



Inhabits the Abyssinian coast-lands northwards to 17° N. lat., 

 Kordofan, and many localities in the White Nile district ; aud 

 Heuglin observed it during and after the rainy season up to 

 December. Antinori found the species in the country of the B,eq 

 Negroes. The last-named naturalist also met with it in Shoa 

 in May, and again iu November and December, and Dr. Eagazzi 

 found it near Tofan in August, in great flocks. It extends also 

 into German East Africa, as Dr. Keichenow records it from 

 Useguha, Nguruman, and the Wembaere Steppes. 



22. ^DEMOSTNE CANTANS. 



Uroloncha cantans (Gm.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 594 

 (1871). 



Munia canttns, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 284(1888). 



Aidemosyne cantans, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 371 

 (1890). 



a, 6. S 2 ad. Sillul, Aug. 6, 1894. Bill dark slate -colour : feet 

 light slate-colour ; iris dark brown. 



c. S ad. Sillul, Aug. 10. 



Heuglin says that this species occurs in pairs or in small flocks, 

 which are scattered, during the rainy season, from Dongola, 

 southwards to Kordofan, Senar, Abyssinia, on the Lower White 

 Nile, and on the coast of SomaU-land. It breeds from August to 

 October, and Yierthaler found a nest in January. Dr. Eagazzi 

 ouce obtained it in Shoa at Sodde in August. 



23. ESTBELDA EHODOPTGA. 



Habropyqa frenata (Licht. MSS.); Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. 

 p. 605 (1871). 



Estrelda rhodopyga, Sund. ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) vi. 

 p. 282 (1888); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 396 (1890); 

 Eeichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 187 (1894). 



