. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 18. LAGONOSTICTA. 271 Adult female. Differs from the female of 0. polyzona in the same way as the male, viz. by the eutirel)^ black face and chin. Total lenjjth 4-1 inches, culmcn 0*35, wing 2"05, tail 0-95, tarsus 0"55. Hah. West Africa, from the Niger to Angola, extending across to Equatorial Africa. a. 2 ad. sk. Lokoja, R. Niger (IF. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 6, f. d" 2 ad. sk. Gaboon {DuChaillu). Sharpe Coll. d, e, f. S 2 ad. Redjaf, Equatorial Africa, Emiu Pasha [P.]. Nov. & Jan. 18. LAGONOSTICTA. Type. Lagonosticta,
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 18. LAGONOSTICTA. 271 Adult female. Differs from the female of 0. polyzona in the same way as the male, viz. by the eutirel)^ black face and chin. Total lenjjth 4-1 inches, culmcn 0*35, wing 2"05, tail 0-95, tarsus 0"55. Hah. West Africa, from the Niger to Angola, extending across to Equatorial Africa. a. 2 ad. sk. Lokoja, R. Niger (IF. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 6, f. d" 2 ad. sk. Gaboon {DuChaillu). Sharpe Coll. d, e, f. S 2 ad. Redjaf, Equatorial Africa, Emiu Pasha [P.]. Nov. & Jan. 18. LAGONOSTICTA. Type. Lagonosticta, Cah. Mws. Hein. Th. i. p. 171 (1850) . L. rubricata. Hypargus, Renhcyih. Singv. p. Ul (1861) L. margaritata. Mormolycia, Reichenh. t. c. p. 67 (1861) L. larvata. Rhodopyga, Heu(/L 0. 1868, p. 13 L. rhodopsis. Lychnidospiza, Ileiigl. Oni. iv. App. p. exxxvii (1871) L. Tail of Lagonosticta rubricata. Range. Confined to Africa. Key to the Species. With no black on head or throat. «'. With crimson or scarlet on the throat. a". Red on throat confined to a triangular patch; remainder of head and throat grey ; under surface of body chestnut-brown, thickly spotted and barred with white, including the under tail-coverts monteiri, p. 273. b". Entire throat and chest rosy or crimson, or tinged with the latter colour. a'". Breast and sides of body black, thickly spotted with ovate spots of white. «^. Spots of breast smaller and snow- white niveigidtata, p. 274. 6'. Spots of breast larger and shaded with pink margaritata, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Birds]. London
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