Whydahs. 
13 
Pcufhctria cqucs (Cab. 1878). and B.M. Cat. 220. 
lh-obracJi\'a cqucs (I'^isclier. 1885). 
C oViiis passer cqucs (Sli. 1886) and B. Afr. iv. 43. 
IvKi'KKKXCKs. IMate; see al)()ve (I'idua cqucs). 
R.wcK. I''. Africa (Somaliland to Sendiki \'alley. S. to 
I'hehe). 
This eastern representative (jf the White- win,c:ed Whydahs 
is distinguished from the others by the yellow patch at the bend 
of the winL;' bein^- bordered with chestnut. Neither it nor the 
Ant^'ola l)ird have, as far as 1 know, been yet imported alive. 
^' R T JJ ) W- B A C 1\' 1^. T ) W H^' DA H . 
I'citfliciriopsis }i!acrura. H.L. y. 412. 
Synonomy. 
I 
Yellow-backed Widow-bird; Yellow-mantled Whydah. 
* Lon,L;-taile(l drosbeak (T.th). 
II 
I.o.ria Dio'nicdu . Mull. 1776. I 'iihia Didiiicmi (CvRy. iHjo). 
J.oxia macroura. (im. 1788. I'idua niacroura. (Gray. 1849). 
Pcntlicria uiacrura (Bp. 1850). Pcufltctria niacrura (Cab. 1850). 
Coliostrutliiis iiiacrurus (Cassin. 1859). 
Coliuspasscr inacnirus (Sh. i886j. f'cnthctriopsis niacrura 
(Sharpe. B.AI. Cat. xiii. 220). 
F rUji^Ula -flavoptcra . \'\\ . 1805. 
/•rm^illa clirvsopfcra . VI f. 1823. 
I'idua clirysoiiotus . Sw. T837. 
Pciithctria flai'iscapulata. Antinori (nec Riipp.) 1864. 
Raxck. W. .Africa ( Seneyandjia to Angola). Equatorial 
Africa. E. Africa. 
Ri:t-KRENCF.s. Butler. P.P. 293. Plate. 9. Cassell. 402 
PI. c^. Russ. i. 218. [^1. 7. c^ Sin-v. 62. PI. 27. Butler, i. 190. 
Ciedney. ii. 131 Sh. iv. 49. 
The \'ellow-backed Whydah is quite well-known as a 
cage-bird, and though never conuiion has been at times imported 
