347 
Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
from about 5° N. lat. to Natal and the eastern portion of 
Cape Colony, and has been recorded on the West Coast from 
Angola, Sierra Leone, and Senegambia. 
81. COLIUSPASSER LATJCAUDUS. 
Fringilla laticauda, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 24, 
Nubia. 
Coliuspasser torquatus, Iliipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 
pp. 98, 101, pi. 36. fig. 2, Simien. 
Vidua laticauda , Cray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 
p. 355. 
Penthetria laticauda, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 448. 
Coliuspasser laticauda, Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, 
p. 405. 
Hah. N.E. and E. Africa, from about 15° N. to 4° S. 
lat. ; Abyssinia, Shoa, Kilimanjaro. 
82. Coliuspasser hartlaubi. 
Penthetria hartlaubi, Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 341, 
Caconda. 
Hab. S. Africa; Caconda in Benguela. 
83. Coliuspasser macrocercus. 
Yellow-shouldered Oriole, Brown, Ill. Zool. 1776, p. 22, 
pi. 11 (good). 
Fringilla macrocerca, Licht. Yerz. Doubl. 1823, p» 24, 
note d, Nubia. 
Coliuspasser flaviscapulatus, Hupp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 
pp. 98, 101, Abyssinia (type exam.). 
? Coliuspasser macrurus, Riipp. Syst. XJebers. 1845, p. 77, 
Abyssinia. 
Vidua macrocerca, Des Murs in Lefebvre^s Voy. Abyss. 
1845-50, p. 172. 
Penthetria flaviscapulatus, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p.449. 
Penthetria macroura, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 176. 
Hab. N.E. Africa, between 15° and 10° N. lat. Con¬ 
fined to Abyssinia. 
a, <$. July, N.E. Africa (Brit. Mus.). 
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