341 
Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 
Kiparaja (type exam.) ; Forbes, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 475, pi. 47. 
fig. 1 (good). 
Hah. E. and W. Africa: E. Africa between 1° and 7° S. 
lat. from Kiparaja to Ugogo; and in W. Africa, Casamanse 
and Gambia. 
74. Vidua principalis. 
Long-tailed Sparrow , Edwards, Nat. Hist. B. 1760, fig. 2 
(good, in moult with long tail, brown plumage). 
Emberiza serena , Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 312 (not in full 
plumage). 
Emberiza vidua , Linn. loc. cit. (in full plumage). 
Emberiza principalis, Linn. loc. cit., ex Edw. 
Veuve Dominicaine, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 61, pi. 36 
(good, white chin). 
Vidua principalis, Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 388. 
Vidua serena, Cuv. loc. cit. 
Fringilla serena, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 216. 
Fringilla principalis, Vieill. tom. cit. p. 219. 
Vidua erythrorhyncha, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 176, 
pi. 12 (good, black chin). 
Estrelda serena, Des Murs, in Lefebvre^s Voy. Abyss. 1845- 
50, p. 113, 
Videstrelda serena, Lafr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 325. 
? Vidua fuliginosa, Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 49. 
Vidua decora , Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 240, Angola (type 
exam., black chin). 
Hab. Africa, generally south from about 16° N. lat. 
a, S • July, Bejook. b, , full plumage. December, c, <5 . 
October, nearly full plumage, d , £. September, half moult. 
e, ,3 s . June, full moult, Natal. /. March, full moult, Cape- 
Coast Castle (Shelley Mus.). 
75. Vidua superciliosa. 
<c Fringilla superciliosa, Temm.,” Vieill. N. D. xii. p. 216 
(ex Temm.), 1817; Vieill. & Oud. Gal. Ois. i. 1825, p. 73, 
pi. 61. 
Vidua superciliosa, Griff, ed. Cuv. Regne An. ii. 1829, 
p. 150. 
