Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
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21. Amadina fasciata. 
Loxia fasciata, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 859. 
Loxie fasciee, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805,, pi. 58. 
Loxia jugular is, Shaw [fide Giebel, Thes. Qrn.). 
Coccothraustes fasciatus, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, p. 529. 
Fringilla detruncata, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, pp. 25, 26. 
Amadina fasciata , Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 349; 
id. B. W. Afr. i. pL 15. 
Sporothlastes fasciatus, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 173. 
Hah. N.E., E., and W. Afr., southward from about 17° 
N. lat. to Masai-land in E. Africa, and to Casamanse on the 
West Coast. 
22. Amadina erythrocephala. 
Loxia erythrocephala, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 301. 
Loxia brasiliana, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 848. 
Grevelin, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, pi. 49. 
Coccothraustes erythrocephala, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, 
p. 530. 
Loxia maculosa, Burch. Trav. S. Afr. ii. 1822, p. 269, 
S. Afr. 
Fringilla reticulata, Voigt, Cnv. Thierreich, i. 1831, p. 582. 
Amadina erythrocephala, Smith, Ill. Zool. S. Afr. 1841, 
pi. 69. 
Sporothlastes erythrocephala, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, 
p. 173. 
Hab. S. and W. Afr. It ranges from Matabele and the 
Transvaal to Great and Little Namaqua, Damara, Lake 
Ngami, Benguela, and northward to the Loango Coast in 
W. Africa. 
a, (J. June, Bloomfontein ( Shelley Mus.). 
6. Pyrenestes. T yp e 
1837. Pyrenestes, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 156 . P. ostrinus. 
Of this genus I can only recognize one species: it is 
subject to considerable variation, which I am unable to 
account for. 
The general plumage is sometimes brown and sometimes 
ser. v.—VOL. IV. 
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