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Renate van den Elzen 



Described from a series of ten specimens; only holotype 

 designated in original description, paralectotypes desig- 

 nated by Rheinwald & van den Elzen (1984). - Dickin- 

 son (2003): Petronia petronia petronia (Linnaeus, 1766). 



PLOCEIDAE 



Malimbus ballmanni Wolters, 1974 

 Bonn zool Beitr25. 290. 



Holotype: ZFMK 72.799, o, NW of Tai, between Caval- 

 ly River and Keibli, SW Ivory Coast, 1972, leg. Ballmann. 



The only specimen; further sightings in Sierra Leone, 

 Guinea and Liberia; synonym is Ploceus {Malimbus) 

 goloensis Field, 1979 (Malimbus 1: 2). Figured in Rhein- 

 wald & van den Elzen (1984: 1 13). - Dickinson (2003): 

 Malimbus ballmanni. 



ESTRILDIDAE 



Estrilda nonnula eisentrauti Wolters, 1964 

 J Ornithol 105: 355. 



Holotype: ZFMK 61.1407, male, Camp VI, Isobi, 

 Cameroon Mountains, Cameroon, 10.03.1958, leg. Eisen- 

 traut No 886. 



Paralectotypes: ZFMK 61.1398, female, Isobi, 

 05.02.1958; ZFMK 61.1400, female, Buea, 01.01.1958; 

 ZFMK 61.1411, male, Camp II, Cameroon Mountains, 

 26.11.1958, leg. Eisentraut. 



Described from a large series of thirty-four specimens; in 

 the original description only the holotype is specified; 

 paralectotypes designated by Rheinwald & van den Elzen 

 ( 1 984); the other specimens are presumably housed at the 

 SNMS, Stuttgart. - Dickinson (2003): Estrilda nonnula 

 eisentrauti. 



Hypargos niveoguttatus baddeleyi Wolters, 1 972 

 Bonn zool Beitr23: 89. 



Holotype: ZFMK 68.1297, female, Nacala, N Mozam- 

 bique, 12. 1967, leg. Baddeley. 



Paratypes: ZFMK 68.1294-68.1296, 3 males, Nacala, 12. 

 1967, leg. Baddeley. 



Bonn zoological Bulletin 59: 29-77 



Described from eight males and two females (inch type 

 specimen); only the Nacala specimens are housed at the 

 ZFMK, the Mikinandi specimens may be stored in the 

 DMD, Durban. - Dickinson (2003): Hypargos niveogut- 

 tatus macrospilotus Mearns, 1913. 



Amandava subflava niethammeri Wolters, 1969 

 Bonn zool Beitr 20: 66. 



Holotype: ZFMK 66.618, male, Sa da Bandeira, Huila, 

 Angola, 20.03.1966, leg. Ferreira. 



Paralectotype: ZFMK 66.619, female, Sa da Bandeira, 

 20.03.1966, leg. Ferreira. 



Described from a larger series with material from sever- 

 al museum collections; only holotype designated in orig- 

 inal description; paralectotype designated by Rheinwald 

 & van den Elzen (1984), information taken from handwrit- 

 ten label in ZFMK collection and inventory. - Dickinson 

 (2003): Amandava subflava niethammeri. 



VIDUIDAE 



Hypochera lorenzi Nicolai, 1972 

 J Ornithol 113: 236. 



Holotype: ZFMK 79.997, female, Emene near Enugu, E 

 Nigeria, 26. 1 1 . 1 97 1 ; in captivity at the Max-Planck-Insti- 

 tute for Behavioral Physiology, Seewiesen, until 

 19.04.1974, leg. Nicolai. 



Described from only this specimen. - Dickinson (2003): 

 Hypochera wilsoni (E. Hartert, 1901). 



PRUNELLIDAE 



Prunella nodularis interposita Clancey, 1943 

 Bull Brit Orn CI 64: 14. 



Paralectotypes: ZFMK 50.7-50.8, 2 females, Dornoch, 

 Sutherlandshire, Scotland, 02.09.1938 and 22.06.1942. 



Described from fifteen specimens, only holotype desig- 

 nated in the original description; housed in Coll. Clancey, 

 RSM, Edinburgh, t.t. as paratypes. The paralectotypes 

 were designated by Rheinwald & van den Elzen (1984) 

 from handwritten information on label and ZFMK inven- 

 tory. - Dickinson (2003): Prunella modularis hebridium 

 Meinertzhagen, 1934. 



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