332 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
60. Estrelda melpoda. 
Bengali a joues orangees, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 26, 
pi. 7. 
Fringilla melpoda, Yieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 177. 
Estrelda melpoda, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 
p. 369. 
Frinqilla lippa . Licht. MS. Mus. Berol., fide Bp. Consp. 
i. 1850, p. 460. 
Melpoda lippa, Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 26, pi. 7. figs. 
62-64. 
Habropyga melpoda, Cab. J. f. O. 1885, p. 464, Angola. 
Hab. W. Afr., from Angola to Senegambia. 
a. January, Cape-Coast Castle [Shelley). 
61. Estrelda astrild. 
Loxia astrild, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 303. 
Astrild, Yieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 35, pi. 12. 
Fringilla astrild, Yieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 232. 
Fringilla undulata, Pall. “ Adumbrat. p. 143/' fide Giebel. 
Estrelda astrild, Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 349. 
Estrelda ccerulescens, Rupp, (nee Y.) Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 
p. 101. 
Estrelda rubriventris, DesMurs, in Lefebvre's Yoy. Abyss. 
1845-50, p. 172. 
Habropyga astrild, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 169. 
Estrelda occidentalis, Fraser, in Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, 
p. 156. 
Astrilda undulata, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 9, pi. 2. figs. 
7-9. 
Astrilda rubriventris, Reichb. t. c. p. 10, pi. 2. fig. 12. 
Estrelda undulata, Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 29. 
Astrilda astrild, Holub & Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. 1882, 
p. 126. 
Habropyga minor, Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 229, Voi river in 
E. Afr. 
Hab. The whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat. and 
the surrounding islands, as the Comoro, Madagascar, 
Reunion, Mauritius, St. Helena, Fernando Po. 
