348 
Captain G. E.'Shelley on the 
84. COLIUSPASSER MACRUliUS. 
Loxia macroura, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 845. 
Loxia longicauda, Lath, (nec Gm.) Ind. Orn. i. 1790, 
p. 373. 
Fringilla flavoptera, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 69, pi. 41 
(good). 
Fringilla chrysoptera, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 214. 
Penthetria macroura , Cah. Orn. Notiz. 1847, p. 331. 
Vidua macroura , Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 
p. 355. 
Coliustruthus macrourus, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1859, 
p. 136. 
Coliuspasser macroura, Bouvier, Cat. Marche, 1875, 
p. 24. 
Hah. N.E., E., and W. Africa South from about 15° N. 
lat.; it ranges to Melindi on the east coast, and to the 
Quanza on the west. 
85. Coliuspasser albonotatus. 
Vidua albonotata, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 65, 
Natal; id. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1819, p. 241, pi. 30. fig. 2. 
Urobrachya albonotata , Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 448. 
Penthetria albonotata, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 420. 
Hab. S. and W. Africa : Shire, Zambesi, Matabele, 
Transvaal, Natal, Benguela, Angola, Loanga Coast, and 
Gaboon. 
a . Gaboon {Brit. Mus .). 
86. Coliuspasser eques. 
Vidua eques, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 106, pi. 15, Kazeh 
(Speke). 
Penthetria eques, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 420. 
Urobrachya eques, Fisch. Zeitsch. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 326. 
Hah. E. Africa, between 5° N. lat. and 5° S. lat.; from 
Lado to Kitui. 
87. Coliuspasser axillaris. 
Vidua, sp. ?, Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1831, p. 12, 
