Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region . 353 
Euplectes sundevallii, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 446, Caf- 
fraria. 
Euplectes pseudoryx, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 56, pi. 23. 
figs. 200-202. 
Euplectes edwardsi, Reichb. tom. cit. p. 57, ex Edw. 
Euplectes petiti, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 322, Zambesi and 
Shire. 
Pyromelana oryx, F. & II. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, p. 410. 
Ploceus oryx, Woodward, Zoologist, 1875, p. 4397. 
Pyromelana sundevalli, Holub & Pelz. Beitr. Orn. Siidafr. 
1882, p. 117. 
Hah. S. Afr. : the whole of S. Afr. 
95. Pyromelana franciscana. 
Loxia franciscana, Isert, Schrift. Gesell. Nat. Frennde 
Berlin, ix. 1789, p. 332, pi. 9 (fide Finsch & Hartl.). 
Loxia ignicolor, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 92, pi. 59 
(good), Senegal. 
Fringilla ignicolor, VieilL N. D. xii. 1817, p. 198. 
Euplectes ignicolor, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 184. 
Fringilla oryx, Dubois, Orn. Galerie, 1839, p. 44, pi. 29. 
? Euplectes oryx, Des Murs, in Lefebvre’s Yoy. Abyss. 
1845-50, p. 111. 
Euplectes franciscanus, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 128. 
Pyromelana franciscana, Finsch, J. f. O. 1869, p. 336. 
Hah. N.E., E., and W. Afr., between about 15° N. lat. to 
5° S. lat., south to Myamusi in East Africa, and to the Gold 
Coast and Niger on the west coast. 
96. Pyromelana nigrifrons. 
Pyromelana nigrifrons, Bohm, J. f. O. 1884, p. 177, 
Karema. 
Hah. Central Africa, Karema on Lake Tanganyika. 
97. Pyromelana nigriyentris. 
Euplectes nigriventris, Cass. Pr. Ac. Philad. 1848, p. 66, 
Zambesi; id. Journ. Ac. Philad. 1849, p. 242, pi. 31. fig. 1. 
Euplectes, sp. ?, Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 49, Mosam- 
bique. 
