Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
321 
Hab. W. Afr., Niger and Gold Coast. 
a, ? . February, Abokobie in Aguapim ( Shelley). 
35. Pytilia phcenicoptera. 
Pytilia phcenicoptera, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 203, 
pi. 16. 
Estrelda erythropteron , Less. Echo du Monde Sav. 1844, 
p. 295, Gambia. 
Zonogastris phcenicoptera , Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 
p. 622. 
Hab . N.E. and W. Afr., Upper White Nile and Senegambia. 
36. Pytilia lineata. 
Fringilla ( Estrelda) lineata , Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, 
p. 40. no. 401 (no descr.). 
Pytelia lineata , Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 17 (orig. descr.). 
Zonogastris lineata, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 21; id. Orn. 
N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 623, pi. 19. fig. 1 (bead). 
Hab. N.E. Afr., Abyssinia. 
11. Lagonosticta. 
1851. Lagonosticta, Cab. Mus. Hein. Type. 
i. p. 171. L. rubricata. 
1850. Amandava, Bp. Consp. i. p. 459 
(part.). L. amandava (Linn.). 
1868. Rhodopyga, Heugl. J.f. 0.1868, 
p. 13, pi. 1. fig. 3 . . . . L. rhodopsis. 
1873. Lychnidospiza , Heugl. Orn. 
N.O.-Afr. App. p. cxxxvii . L. rara, 
Estrelda shows its affinities to the present genus through 
its red-rumped, rounded-tailed members, especially when we 
compare the grey L. nigricollis with E. ccerulea. 
Key to the Species. 
a. With no black on the head nor throat. 
a 1 . Sides of the head, the throat, and sides of the 
chest vinous red. 
a 2 . Bill red, with the cuhnen black; under tail- 
coverts not black. 
