319 
Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
c\ Of a more olive shade; wing-feathers never 
margined with bright red. 
e' 2 . Bill red in the adults; general plumage 
less grey. 
c 3 . Quills edged with olive-yellow; in adult 
males lower throat and crop yellow; 
breast paler and more distinctly 
barred . 32. P. melba. 
d 3 . Quills edged with orange-yellow; in 
adult males lower throat and crop 
grey; breast darker and less regularly 
barred . 33. P. afra. 
d 2 . Bill slaty blue; general plumage greyer; 
wing - feathers margined with deep 
yellow . 34. P hypogrammica. 
d\ General plumage grey; wing-feathers mar¬ 
gined with bright red. 
e 2 . Bill slaty grey . 35. P.phcenicoptera. 
f 2 . Bill red . 36. P. lineatct. 
30. Pytilia nitidula. 
Estrelda nitidula, Hartl. Ibis, 1865, p. 269, Natal. 
Amadina hartlaubi, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. xviii. 
1867, p. 324, pi. 4. fig. 2. 
Hab. S. Afr.: Natal, and Mosambique-” (Bianconi), pro¬ 
bably Inhambani. 
a, $ . Durban [Shelley Mus .). 
31. Pytilia schlegeli. 
Pytelia schlegeli , Sharpe, Ibis, 1870, p. 482, pi. 14. fig. 2 $, 
3 $ , Pantee. 
Hab. W. Afr.: Gaboon, Fantee, and Liberia. 
32. Pytilia melba. 
Fringilla melba , Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 319, ■“ China ” ! 
Fringilla speciosa, Bodd. PI. Enl. 1783, pi. 203. fig. 1. 
Fringilla elegans, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 912; Vieill. & 
Oud. Gal. Ois. i. pi. 64. 
? Fringilla formosa , Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 441, 
“ India ” ! 
Fringille beau marquet, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 49, 
pi. 25. 
Loxigilla elegans , Less. Traitd Orn. 1831, p. 444. 
