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Sporopipes. 
Sporopipes, Caban is, Arch. f. Naturg. xiii. p. 332 (1847). 
1208. Sporopipes frontalis. 
Loxia frontalis, Lath. Ind. Orn. Suppl. p. xlvi. 
Philetcerus frontalis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218. 
Sporopipes frontalis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 179. 
a ( Thomas ) 1842. 
A species of North-east Africa. 
1209. Sporopipes squamifrons. 
Estrelda squamifrons , Smith, Rep. S. Afr. Exp. p. 49; 111. 
Zool. S. Afr. pi. 95. 
Philetcerus squamifrons, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, 
p. 150. 
Sporopipes squamifrons, Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 177. 
a S. Africa (Gapt. Alexander) 1838. — b Damara-land ( C . J. 
Andersson ) 1852. 
Vidua. 
Vidua , Cuvier, Lemons d’An. Comp. i. Tab. ii. (1800). 
1210. Vidua paradisea. 
Emberiza paradisea, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 312. 
Vidua paradisea, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 172, pi. 11 : Strickl. 
P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218; Contr. Orn. 1850, p. 88. pi. 59: Finsch 
& Hartl. v. d. Decken’s Reise, iv. p. 424. 
a W. Africa (Robins) 1834. — b (V. C. Strickland) 1838. — c 
$ Kordofan, 17 August (J. Petherick) 1848. — d Damara-land 
(C. J. Andersson ) 1852. 
I can see no difference between the Kordofan and West- African 
specimens. The former have been referred to V. Verreauxi by Finsch 
& Hartlaub. 
1211. Vidua principalis. 
Emberiza principalis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 313. 
Vidua principalis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218: Finsch & 
Hartl. v. d. Decken’s Reise, iv. p. 428. 
Vidua erythrorhyncha, Sw. B. W. Afr. i. p. 176, pi. 12. 
