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contrasting strongly with the surround¬ 
ing plumage. 
n 3 . Rump and upper tail-coverts brown, 
finely barred with black. Under tail- 
coverts black. 
n i . With no red shade on any of the 
upper parts, under tail-coverts en¬ 
tirely black. 61. E. astrild. 
o 4 . Upper parts, especially the rump, 
slightly shaded with red. The 
throat, flanks, and under tail - 
coverts also washed with red. Subsp. 62. E. rhodopyga. 
o 3 . Rump and upper tail-coverts uniform 
black. Under tail-coverts white. 
p 4 . Smaller. Breast shaded with pink. 
Culmen and gonys not black .... 63. E. cinerea. 
q 4 . Larger. Breast not shaded with pink. 
Culmen and gonys black . 64. E. rufharba, 
p 3 . Rump and upper and under tail-coverts 
red. Breast yellow, with the sides 
olive barred with yellow . 65. E. sub/lava. 
66. E. viridis. 
b. Rump and upper tail-coverts blue. 
r 1 . Blue portions of plumage ultramarine. 
r 2 . Upper throat black. Breast cinnamon . . 67. E. granatina. 
s 2 . Upper throat cinnamon. Breast blue. .. . 68. E. ianthinogastra. 
s\ Blue portion of the plumage verditer blue. 
Throat the same colour as the rump .... 69. E. angolensis. 
48. ESTRELDA CA3RULESCENS. 
Bengali gris-bleu, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 27, pi. 8. 
Fringilla ccerulescens , Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 176. 
Estrelda ccerulescens, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 195. 
Lagonosticta ccerulescens, Cab. Mns. Hein. i. 1851, p. 171. 
Habropyga ccerulescens, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 12, pi. 2. 
figs. 14, 15. 
Habropyga fimbriata, Reichb. t. c. pp. 12, 49, pi. 18. figs. 
165, 166. 
Hab. W. Afr., Casamanse and Senegambia. 
49. Estrelda perreini. 
Fringillaperreini, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 179, Congo. 
Estrelda melanogastra, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 194. 
