358 
On the Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
Quelea occidentalis, Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. 1857, p. 129, 
Senegal, Casamanse, Guinea. 
Quelea lathami, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 67, pi. 30. 
figs. 236-238. 
Quelea quelea, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 356. 
Hab. S. and W. Afr. The whole of S. Africa and W. 
Africa, from Guinea to Senegambia. 
a, £, Transvaal, no. 77.7.11.343, has the typical black 
of the head surrounded by pink; b, i( $ ” Transvaal, no. 
77.7.11.167, has the portions of the head which are black in 
typical adult males buff, and these parts are surrounded 
with pink [Brit. Mus.Y b is a good S.-African parallel of 
Ploceus russi, Finsch. There is another striking variety of 
both this and the next species, which is not very uncommon, 
in which the plumage is rufous or cinnamon, strongly mottled 
with black. 
107. Quelea ^ethiopica. 
Emberiza quelea, Des Murs (nee Linn.), in Lefebvre^s Voy. 
Abyss. 1850, p. 119. 
Ploceus sanguinirostris, var. cethiopicus, Sundev. GEfv. K. 
Vet.-Ak. Forh. Stockh. 1850, p. 126. 
Ploceus sanguinirostris var. major, Sundev. 1. c. 
Ploceus sanguinirostris, Stricld. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 218, Kor- 
dofan. 
Coccothraustes sanguinirostris, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, 
p. 39. no. 357. 
Quelea orientalis, Heugl. J. f. O. 1862, p. 27, Bogos, Abys¬ 
sinia. 
Quelea sanguinirostris, Antin. Cat. 1864, p. 67. 
Quelea aethiopica , Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, p. 405. 
Ploceus russi, Finsch, Gefied. Welt, 1877, p. 317, Africa. 
Hyphantornis quelea , Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 232. 
Hyphantica sanguinirostris, Finsch, J. f. O. 1885, p. 134. 
Euplectes gregaria, P. v. Wiirt. MS. ) 
Loxia africana, P. v. Wiirt. MS. >- fide Heugl. 
Quelea socia, P. v. Wiirt. MS. ) 
Hab. N.E. and W. Afr., southward from about 18° N. 
