. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1961 19 Vol. 81 Africa (Kaokoveld, Ovamboland, northern Damaraland and the Caprivi Strip), southwards through northern and eastern Bechuanaland and western MatabeJeland, Southern Rhodesia, to the northern and north- western Cape Province (mainly Vaal R. and Orange R. valleys), Orange Free State, Transvaal, parts of the eastern Cape Province, Natal (local) Zululand, Swaziland, and Sul do Save, southern Portuguese Eastern Sketch-map showing the approximate ranges of the two geographical races of the Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senega
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1961 19 Vol. 81 Africa (Kaokoveld, Ovamboland, northern Damaraland and the Caprivi Strip), southwards through northern and eastern Bechuanaland and western MatabeJeland, Southern Rhodesia, to the northern and north- western Cape Province (mainly Vaal R. and Orange R. valleys), Orange Free State, Transvaal, parts of the eastern Cape Province, Natal (local) Zululand, Swaziland, and Sul do Save, southern Portuguese Eastern Sketch-map showing the approximate ranges of the two geographical races of the Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus) occurring in southern Africa. -Lagonosticta senega la rendalli Hartert -Lagonosticta senega/a pallidicrissa Zedlitz Spotted area- Shaded area- Note: Of the topotypical population of L. s. pallidicrissa, 1 have before me a sample of 3 j j, 2 ?? collected by Gerd Heinrich in 1954, mainly at Huila. These agree perfectly with specimens from localities as far re- moved as Prieska, on the central Orange R., Glen, near Bloemfontein, in the western Orange Free State, and Newington, eastern Transvaal "low- veld". Literature cited:— Chapin, J. P. Birds of the Belgian Congo, part iv, 1954, p. 530. McLachlan, G. R. & Liversidge, R. Roberts' Birds of South Africa, 1957, p. 452. Ridgway, R. Color Standards and Color Nomenclature, Washington, 1912. Roberts, A. Birds of South Africa, 1940, pp. 356, 357. Sclater, W. L. Systema Avium Aethiopicarum, part ii, 1930, p. 792. Vincent, J. Check List of the Birds of South Africa, 1952, 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 Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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