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a 3 . With a pink shade on the red portions; 
crown and mantle ashy brown, with no 
red shade. . 37. L. rufopicta. 
b 3 . With no pink shade on the red portions; 
entire crown, neck, and mantle washed 
with red...38. L. senegala. 
b 2 . Bill slaty black; under tail-coverts black. 
e 3 . Crown and mantle washed with red. 
c 4 . Chest black, with only the sides of the 
crop red; with no trace of white spots 
on the sides of the chest. 39. L. rara. 
d\ Entire chest red; with white spots on the 
sides of the chest. rah.] 
d 5 . Red parts darker and much brighter .. 40, L. rhodopa- 
e 5 . Red parts paler and pinker .41. L. jamesoni. 
d 3 . Crown and mantle not washed with red. 
/ 4 . W4th a pale base to the lower mandible ; 
back and wings brown, and less ashy than 
the crown and back of the neck .42. L. rubriccda. 
g 4 . With no portion of the bill pale; crown, 
back of neck, back, and wings uniform 
deep slaty brown. 43. L. polionota. 
b l . Entire underparts duller, nearly uniform ashy 
brown, only slightly tinted with red; with no 
trace of white spots on the sides of the chest.. 44. L. rhodopsis. 
b. With the sides of the head and upper throat black. 
h x . Black of head and throat surrounded by red. 
h 2 . Black of crown confined to the forehead ; chest 
red, with no white spots on the sides. 45. L. vinacea. 
i 2 . Front half of crown and lower chest black; 
with white spots on sides of the chest. 46. L. larvata. 
i 1 . Black of head surrounded by grey; forehead, 
crown, mantle, and breast uniform grey; with 
white spots on the sides of the chest . 47. L. nigricollis. 
37. Lagonosticta rufopicta. 
Estrelda rufopicta, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, p. 27, Gold 
Coast; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 51. 
Lagonosticta rufopicta , Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 19, pi. 4. 
fig. 38. 
Lagonosticta ( Estrelda ) lateritia , Heugl. J. f. O. 1864, 
p. 251, N.E. Afr. 
Pytelia rufopicta , Fisch. J. f. O. 1869, p. 336. 
