Fam. Fringillidae. — 603 — Gen. Habropyga. 



ß. Uropygio et supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus. 



Nr. 500. Habropyga astrild. 



Loxia astrild, L. — Waxbill, Edw. t. 179. & 354. — Linaria cinerea 

 Orientalis, Seligm. Samml. Ausländ. Vög. VI. t. 74. — Senegalus striatus, 

 Briss. Orn. III. p. 210. t. 10. — PI. enl. 157. 2. — Fringilla undulata^ 

 Pall. — Loxia astrild, Gm. S. N. p. 852. (nee var. ß) — Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. p. 392. — Fringilla astrild et ruhriventris , Vieill. Encycl. Meth. 

 p. 974. 992. — Id. Ois. chant. pl. 13. — Fringilla astrild, Licht. Dubl. 

 Cat. p. 26. — Kittl, Kupf. t. 10. 2. — Estrilda astrild, Less. Traite 

 d'Ornith. p. 445. — Estrelda astrild et ruhriventris, Gray. — Bp. Consp. 

 I. p. 458. — Hahropyga astrild, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1. p. 439. — Estrelda 

 occidentalis. Fräs. Jard. Contrib. Orn. 1851. p. 156. — E. occidentalis et 

 ruhriventris, Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1854. p. 118. — Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 424. 

 & Nr. 425. — E. astrild, Hartl. Madag. p. 56. — E. ruhriventris, Cass. 

 Proc. Acad. Philad. 1859. p. 138. — Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1861. p. 258. 



— Estrilda coerulescens, Büpp. N. W. p. 101. — Id. Syst. üeb. p. 274. 



— Fringilla coerulescens, Hgl. Syst. üeb. Nr. 395. — E. astrild, Jard. 

 Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. n. 5. IL p. 244. — Strickl. & Sclat. Contrib. 

 Orn. 1852. p. 150. — v. Pelz. Novara-Exped. Vög. p. 91. — Newton, 

 Ibis 1865. p. 95.; 1861. p. 272.; 1863. p. 104. — Monteiro, Ibis 1865- 

 p. 95. — Giiniey, Ibis 1862. p. 31. & 156. — Layard, S. Afr. Nr. 381. 



— Astrüda undulata, Rchb. Singvög. p. 9. t. 2. fig. 7. — 9. — A. ruhri- 

 ventris, E,chb. Ibid. p. 10. t, 2. fig. 12. — Hahropyga astrild, Cab. v. d. 

 Decken, Reisen IIL p. 30. — Einsch & Hartl. 0. Afr. p. 439. — Heugl. 

 Cab. Journ. 1868. p. 7. — Astrilda undulata, Brebm, Thierl. III. p. 216. 



— Estrilda astrild, Schleg. & Poll. Madag. p. 153. — f Estrelda ruhri- 

 ventris^ Lefeb. Abyss. Ois. p. 172. — Heine, Cab. Journ. 1860. p. 141. 



— Cassin, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1859. p. 138. 



Major; supra pallidecmerascente-umbrina; subtus paullo pallidior^ 

 omnino delicatissime fusco-fasciolata, plus minusve colore vinaceo-roseo 

 lavata; pileo saturate umbrino-cinerascente , concolore; g-eniS; mento 

 guttureque albis; hoc, pectoris et epig-astrii medio laete roseo-tinctis; 

 erisso et subcaudalibus nigris; rectricibiis saturate fumoso-umbrini?, 

 partim fusco-fasciolatis , infra nigricantibus , latei'alium pogonio ex- 

 terno pallide cinerasceiite-umbriDO, niagis conspi(ue fusco-l'asciolato ; 



