GENERA.


Pyromelana



Qitelect



Spermestes


A mauresthes


* Lagonostica


*Stictospiza

Amadina . „


S taga n op leu ra

Zones gin thus

Emblema .„

Pytelia


Coccopygia


Hypochcera


Tceniopygia


* Stictoptera


* Sponrgin th us



Murtia



Urolorrcha


Aidemosyne



*PEgintha .,

*Bathilda ..

Poephila ..



Erythrtira



% Neochmia

*Esirilda . „



*Granatina



SPECIES.


P. ftainmiceps

P. oryx

P. franciscana

P. capensis


P. afra


Q. erythrops

Q. quelea ,.


Q. russi


S. bicolor . .


S. cucullata

S. nana


A. fringilloides


L. minima..


L. Ccerulescens

S. formosa . „


A. fasciata


A. erythrocephala


S. guttata ,.


Z. bellus


E. picta

P. pfivunicoptera

P. afra

C. dufresnii

H. ultramarina


T. castanotis

S. bichenovii

S. amandava

S. subflavus

S. melpodus


M. oryzivora

M. malacca

Al. ferruginosa

M. ?naja


M. atricapilla

AI. castaneithorax

Al. punctulata

Al. pectoralis


U. acuticauda

U. striata..


A. modesta..


A. malabarica


A. cantans. .


PE. temporalis


B. ruficauda

P. acuticauda

P. cincta


P. g&uldicE


P. ?ninth ills

E. prasina

E. psittacea

E. trichroa


N. phaeton..


E. astrilda..


E. cinerea ..


E. phcenicotis

G. granatina



ENGLISH NAME OR SPECIES.


Crimson-crowned Weaver

Grenadier Weaver

Orange Weaver

Caffre Finch

Napoleon Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Common Weaver

Russ’s Weaver

Cape Palmas Finch

Bronze Mannikin

Dwarf Finch

Pied Grass Finch

Fire Finch

Lavender Finch

Green Avadavat

Ribbon Finch

Red-headed Finch

Diamond Sparrow

Fire-tailed Finch

Painted Finch

Aurora Finch

Wiener’s Waxbill

Dufresne’s Waxbill

Combasou

Zebra Finch

Double-banded Finch

Avadavat

Zebra Waxbill

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Java Sparrow

Three-coloured Nun

Javan Maja Finch

White-headed Nun

Black-headed Nun

Chestnut Finch

Nutmeg Finch

White-breasted Finch

Sharp-tailed Finch

Striated Finch

Cherry Finch

Indian Silverbill

African Silverbill

Sydney Waxbill

Red-headed Waxbill

Long-tailed Grass Finch

Parson Finch


f Black - headed Gouldian

\ Finch


Red-headed Gouldian Finch

Pin-tailed Nonpareil

Parrot Finch


Three-coloured Parrot Finch


Crimson Finch


St. Helena Waxbill


Grey Waxbill


Cordon Bleu


Violet-eared Waxbill



* The species forming these genera are by many writers grouped together in the

genus Estre/rfa, and are what are commonly known as Waxbills. But it is obviously absurd

to place Neochmia phaeton and Bathilda ruficauda in the same genus as (for instance ) 1

Sporoeginthns amadava.



