346 
Captain G. E. Shelley on the 
Vidua longicauda, Cuv. Regne An. i. 1817, p. 388. 
Fringilla caffra , Licht. Yerz. Doubl. 1823, p. 22. 
Vidua phcenicopterus, Swains. Class. B. ii. 1837, p. 112, 
pi. 161. 
Cher a pro cue , Gray, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 355. 
Penthetria longicauda, Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 49. 
Chera caffra, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 65, pi. 29. figs. 
230-232. 
Hah. S. Africa: Transvaal, Natal, eastern portion of Cape 
Colony, and Benguela. 
80. CoLIUSPASSER ARDENS. 
Emberiza ardens , Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 39, 
no. 647. 
Emberiza signata, Scop. Faun, et Flor. Insub, 1786, p. 95, 
ex Sonn. 
Emberiza panayensis, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 885. 
Vidua lenocinia, Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 437, Cape (in 
partial moult). 
Vidua torquata , Less. Compl. Buff. viii. 1837, p. 278, Cape 
(with a yellow collar). 
Vidua rubritorques, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 174, 
Senegambia. 
Vidua concolor , Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 66, Africa 
(black var.); id. Joum. Ac. Philad. 1849, p. 241, pi. 30. 
fig. 1. 
Vidua ardens , Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, p. 355. 
Coliustruthus concolor , Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Ak. Forh. 
Stockh. 1849, p. 158. 
Penthetria rubritorques, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 448. 
Penthetria concolor, Bp. loc. cit. 
Penthetria ardens, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 177. 
Niobe ardens, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 61, pi. 26. figs. 
219, 220. 
Penthetria hartlaubi, Cab. (nec Bocage, 1881) J. f. O. 
1883, p. 318, Wakkola (Emin Bey, type exam.). 
Coliustruthus ardens, Finsch, J. f. O. 1885, p. 135. 
Hab . S.E. and W. Africa. On the eastern side it ranges 
