408 ZOOLOGY. 



204. V. Serena, L. 



V. erythrorhynchus, Swains. Birds of W. Afr. i. pi. 12.— Eiipp. Syst. 



Uebers. No. 271. 

 ? V. principalis, Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1867, p. 392. 



Itis brown ; bill scarlet ; legs dusky. 



Only met with on the Anseba and in the Upper Lebka 

 valley, where, a few birds occurred solitary or in pairs 

 in July and August. 



A male measures : total length 11 "5 in., wing 2*75, tail 9, 

 outer tail-feathers 1 '9 in. 



205. Amadiiia (Uroloncha) cantans (Gm.). 



Loxia cantans, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. pt. ii. p. 859. 

 Estrilda cantans, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 279. 

 Uroloncha cantans, HeugL Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 2. 



In flocks about Ailat and Ain, and on the Anseba. Not 

 very abundant. 



206. A. {Ortygo^piza) polyzona (Temm.). , 



Fringilla polyxona, Temm. PL Ool. 221,3. — ^Lefebvre, p. 172. 

 Amadina polyzona, Kiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 224. 

 Ortygospixa pohjzona, Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 4. 



1 am indebted for specimens of this bird to Captain 

 Sturt, who shot them at Senaf^, It appears to be rare 

 in Abyssinia. Lefebvre found it once at Adowa, Von 

 Heuglin on the Lake Tzana. 



207. Estrilda rhodopyga, Sund. 



Sund. Ofv. k. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1850, p. 126. 



E. leueotis, Heugl. Journ. f. Om. 1862, p. 69. 



M. frenata, Licht. apud Heugl. Joum. f. Om. 1868, p. 8. 



In flocks at ZuUa. Obtained also by Mr. Jesse on the 



