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Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 
Vidua axillaris , Smithy Ill. Zool. S. Afr. 1838, pi. 17 
(good), Caffraria. 
Urobrachya axillaris , Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 447, S. Africa. 
Coliuspasser phoeniceus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 39, 
no. 394, Sobat R. (no descr.). 
Urobrachya axillaris , Antin. Cat. 1864, p. 68, N.E. 
Africa. 
' Penthetria axillaris , F. & H. Yog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 421. 
Urobrachya zanzibarica , Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 586, 
Larnu, Malindi, Pangani. 
Urobrachya phoenicea, Cab. J. f. O. 1882, p. 122. 
Hab. N.E., E., and S. Africa. Southward from about 9° 
N. lat. to Mosambique, also Natal and the eastern portion 
of Cape Colony. 
The N.E. and E. African may generally, but not always, be 
distinguished from the S. African birds. 
a, $ ad. Bombalike, near Mombas (Brit. Mus.). In 
this specimen the wing is unrecognizable from that of the 
S. African bird; but the bill is slightly stouter and rougher. 
88. Coliuspasser bocagii. 
Urobrachya axillaris , Sharpe (nec Smith), P. Z. S. 1869, 
p. 566, Colombo, in Angola (spec. exam.). 
Urobrachya bocagei , Sharpie, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 63, 
Angola, Mossamedes (types exam.). 
Penthetria bocagei , Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, p. 343, 
Benguela, Quanza. 
Urobrachya affinis , Cab. Orn. Centralbl. 1881, p. 183, 
Hab.? (type exam.). 
Urobrachya mechowi, Cab. loc. cit., Angola (type exam.). 
Hab. S. and W. Africa. Confined to Benguela and 
Angola. 
89. Coliuspasser capensis. 
Loxia capensis , Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 306, Cape. 
Loxia neevia , Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 845 (in moult). 
Coccothraustes capensis, Vieill. N. H. xiii. 1817, p. 527. 
Fringilla phalerata, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 22, Cape. 
Oryx capensis , Less. Traite Orn. 1831, p. 438. 
