342 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Videstrelda superciliosa, Lafr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1850, 
p. 325. 
Hah. Africa. 
76. Vidua fischeri. 
Linura fischeri , Reichen. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 91, 
Usegua (type exam.). 
Vidua [Linura) fischeri , Reichen. J. f. O. 1882, p. 350, 
pi. ii. fig. 1, ? . 
Hab. E. Afr., Usegua. 
77. Vidua regia. 
Emheriza regia , Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 313. 
Veuve a quatre brins, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 59, 
pis. 34 (ad. good), 35 (juv.). 
Vidua regia , Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 388. 
Fringilla regia, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 220. 
Videstrelda regia, Lafr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1850, p. 325. 
Tetrcenura regia, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 61, pi. 26. 
figs. 217, 218. 
Estrelda carlelita, Hartl. Ibis, 1868, p. 46 (Natal). 
Hab. S. and W. Africa. In S. Africa it ranges from 
Matabele and the Transvaal to Damara and Benguela. 
In W. Africa it has probably been introduced; for M. 
Rochebrune is the only person who has recorded it from 
Casamanse and Senegambia, where, he states, it is rare. 
78. Vidua paradisea. 
Emheriza paradiscea , Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 312, 
Angola. 
Veuve a collier d’or, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 63, 
pis. 37 (ad. good), 38 (juv. good). 
Fringilla paradisea, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 213. 
Vidua paradisea, Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 388. 
Vidua verreauxi, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1850, June, p. 56, 
Abyssinia. 
Steganura paradisea, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 449. 
Vidua sphcenura, Verr. MS., fide Bp. loc. cit. July. 
Steganura sphcenura, Bp. loc. cit. 
