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XII. PHIL^TERUS, Smith* 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 249, 1890 ; 

 Eeichenow, Yog. Afrikas, iii. p. 242, 1904 ; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, iv. p. 129, 1905.) 



1. socitis {Lath.), (p. 249.) S. Africa 



- (Reichenow, t. v. p. 242 ; Shelley, t. <,-, p. 130.) (Orange Eiver, N. to 



Damara Land and the 

 Transvaal). 



XIII. NIGEITA, &tnM. 



(Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 314, 1890 ; 

 Eeichenow, Vog. Afrikas, iii. p. 166 ; Shelley, 



B. Africa, iv. p. 136, 1905.) 

 \^Atopornis, Eeichenow & Neumann, Orn. MB. iii. 

 p. 75 (1895).] 



1. canicapilla (Sirickl.). (p. 315.) 



(Eeichenow, t. c. p. 170 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 141.) 



W. Africa. 

 (Nigeria 

 to the Congo). 



2, SChistacea, Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 118; Equatorial Africa 



Eeichenow, t. c. p. 169 ; Shelley, (Kavirondo, 



t. e. p. 145. Sotik, Nandi). 



3. sparsiniguttata, Bdchenow, Ber, allg. Deutsch. Equatorial Africa 



Orn. Ges. ix. p. 4 (1891) ; id. Vog. (Great Lake District). 



Afrikas, iii. p. 170 (1904). 

 [=No. 2, Shelley, t. c. p. 145.] 



4. emiliae, Sharpe. (p. 316.) W. Africa 



(Eeichenow, t. o. p. 169 ; Shelley, t. c. p. 143.) (Liberia to 



Togo Land). 



* This genus is considered by Dr. Eeichenow to be a Finch, and he appears to have 

 good reasons for its transference from the Floceidee to the Fringillida. 



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