Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 355 
Euplectes stictus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 39. no. 385, 
Simen. 
? Taha abyssinica, Reiclib. Singvog. 1861, p. 73, ex Gm. 
Euplectes taha , Antin. Cat. 1864, p. 68. 
Euplectes habessinicus , Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 
p. 575 (part.), N.E. Afr. 
Orynx afer, Heugl. tom. cit. App. 1873, p. cxxxiii (part.), 
N.E. Afr. 
Euplectes ladoensis , Reiclien. J. f. O. 1885, p. 218, Lado 
(type exam.). 
Hab. N.E. Afr., Abyssinia and the Nile-region between 
15° and 5° N. lat. 
a, £ . June; b, $ . August, Lado (Shelley Mus.). 
103. Pyromelana aera. 
Black-bellied Grosbeak, Brown, Ill. 1776, p. 58, pi. 24. 
fig. 2. 
Loxia afra, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 857, ex Brown. 
Loxia melanogastra, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. 1790, p. 394, ex 
Brown. 
Worabee, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 52**, pi. 28** 
(fair). 
Fringilla abyssinica, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 232. 
? Coccothraustes melanogastra, Vieill. N. D. xiii. 1817, 
p. 543. 
Fringilla ranunculacea, Licht. Verz. Houbl. 1823, p. 23, ex 
Worabee (Vieill.). 
Euplectes melanogastra , Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 182, 
Senegal. 
Euplectes afer, Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. 1871, p. 62. 
Pyromelana afra, Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 552. 
Hab. W. Afr., from the Niger to Senegambia and Fernando 
Po. The locality Quanza ( Whitely), fide Bocage, Orn. 
Angola, p. 338, is probably incorrect. 
18. Quelea. T y pe 
1850. Quelea, Reichb. Syst. Nat. pi. 76 . . . Q. quelea. 
1851. Hyphantica, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 180 . . Q. quelea. 
