450 



GEIfEBA AND SPECIES OF BIRDS. 



3. brunneiventris, Ogilme-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. 

 iii. p. 1 (1894). 

 (McGregor & Worcester, Handl. B. Pliilipp. Is. 

 p. 105, 1907.) 



Philippine Is. 

 (N. Luzon. 

 Mindoro). 



XL VIII. NEOCHMIA, Bp. 



(Sharpe, Oat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 389, 1890. 

 Mathews, Handl. B. Australasia, p. 103, 1908.) 



1. phaeton (Hombr. et Jacq.). (p. 389.) 

 (Mathewe, t. c. p. 103.) 



N.W. Australia. 

 Northern Territory. 

 N. Queensland. 



XLIX. ESTRILDA, Swains. 



(Sharpe, t. c. p. 390. 



Eeichenow, Vogel Afrikas, iii. p. 176, 1904; 

 Shelley, B. Africa, iv. p. 190, 1905.) 

 [Lagonosticta, part., Sharpe, t. c. p. 271.] 

 [Urceginilius, part., Eeichenow, t. c. p. 207; 

 Shelley, t. c. p. 178.] 



1. viiidis (VieilL). (p. 390, note.) 

 (Reichenow, t. u. p. 177, note.) 



W. Africa 

 (Senegambia). 



2. versicolor ( Vieill). 



(Eeichenow, t. c. p. 177.) 



W. Africa 

 (Senegambia). 



3. astrilda (Linn.), (p. 391.) 



(Reichenow, t. c. p. 178; Shelley, t. 

 p. 194.) 



South Africa 

 (Cape Colony to 

 Orange River on 

 the west, and to 

 Matabele Land 

 on the east). 



4. erlangeri, Eeichenow, J. f. 0. 1907, p. 20. 



. Abyssinia to 

 Arussi Galla Land. 



