312 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Uroloncha cantans, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 173. 
Eudice cantans, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 46, pi. 16. 
figs. 146-149. 
Spermestes cantans, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1869, p. 268. 
Hab. N.E., E., and W. Afr., southward from about 16° 
N. lat. to Massiro in 4° S. lat. E. Africa, and in W. Africa 
confined to Senegambia. 
19. Munia caniceps. 
Pytelia caniceps , Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1879, p. 139, 
Massa in E. Afr.; Reichen. & Schal. J. f. 0. 1879, p. 326, 
pi. 2. fig. 3 (type exam.). 
Spermestes caniceps , Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. viii. 
1882, p. 203. 
Hab. E. Afr., Lado to Masai-land. 
a , $ . April, Tarrangola ( Emin Bey, Shelley Mus.) . 
20. Munia orizivora. 
Loxia orizivora, Linn. S. N. i. p. 302. 
Padda, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, pi. 61. 
Coccothraustes orizivora, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 545. 
Munia orizivora, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 451. 
Oryzornis orizivora, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 172. 
Padda orizivora, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 42, pi. 15. 
figs. 135-139. 
Hab. E. Afr., only as an introduced bird, Zanzibar Pro¬ 
vince, Mauritius, and Reunion. 
5. Amadina. 
1827. Amadina, Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, Type. 
p.349 . .. A. fasciata. 
1851. Sporothlastes, Cab. Arch. f. Naturg. 
1847, pt. i. p. 331 . A. fasciata. 
Key to the Species. 
a. Upper parts barred with black. Males with 
the ear-coverts and a broad band across the 
throat red. 21. A. fasciata. 
b. Upper parts with no black bars. Males with 
the entire head red. 
22. A. erythrocephala. 
