Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 323 
Astrilda rufopicta, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Yer. Brem. xii. 
1881, p. 103. 
Estrelda bilineata, Gray, MS. in Brit. Mus., Niger (type 
exam.). 
Hab. N.E. and. W. Afr.: Upper White Nile, and. from the 
Niger to Senegambia. 
a. March, Cape-Coast Castle [Shelley). 
38. Lagonosticta senegala. 
Senegali rouge , Briss. Orn. iii. 1760, p. 208, pi. 10. fig. 2. 
Fringilla senegala, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 320, ex Briss. 
? Fringilla ignita, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 906, ex Brown. 
Petit Senegali rouge, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 31, pi. 10. 
Fringilla minima, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 183, ex Ois. 
Chant, pi. 10. 
Estrelda minima, Eiipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, p. 101. 
Lagonosticta minima, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 172. 
Lagonosticta ignita, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 18, pi. 4. 
fig. 36. 
Lagonosticta senegala, Reichb. t. c. fig. 37. 
Estrelda senegala, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 143. 
Pytelia minima, Finsch, Trans. Z. S. vii. 1869, p. 267. 
Lagonosticta russi, Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 453 (type 
exam.). 
Estrelda rueppelli, Gray, MS. in Brit. Mus. (type exam.). 
Hab. N.E., E., and W. Afr. The whole of E. Africa from 
17° N. lat. to Durban in Natal, Damara, Loango Coast, 
Niger, Casamanse, and Senegambia. 
39. Lagonosticta rara. 
Lagonosticta vel Estrelda melanogastra,Heugl.[nee Swains.) 
J. f. O. 1863, p. 273, Djur and. Kosango. 
Habropyga rara, Antin. Cat. 1864 (March), p. 72. 
Estrelda vel Habropyga hypomelas, Heugl. J. f. O. 1864 
(May), p. 252. 
Rhodopyga hypomelas, Heugl. J. f. O. 1868, p. 13, pi. 1. 
fig- 4. 
Rhodopyga rara, Salvad. Att. R. Ac. Tor. 1870, p. 742. 
