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form with the back, tail uniform yellowish green, all the feathers edged with 

 yellow. Wide band on the breast chestnut, extending somewhat on the sides, 

 and in a narrow band around the back of the neck, abdomen and under tail 

 coverts yellow, axillaries yellow, under wing coverts brownish black, tipped 

 and edged with yellow. Bill bluish black, feet light colored. 2 Head above 

 yellowish green, throat, cheeks and line over the eye greenish yellow, upper 

 parts of body ashy brown, all the feathers edged with a paler shade of the 

 same color, quills and wing coverts brownish black edged with pale greenish 

 yellow. Under parts dull ashy white, tinged with pale brownish on the breast, 

 tibiae and under tail coverts pale yellowish white, bill light bluish brown, under 

 mandible paler, feet light colored. 



Total length about 6 inches, wing 3|, tail 1\ inches. Female, total length 

 about 5 1 inches. 



Hub. Camma River, Western Africa. Discovered by Mr. P. B. Duchaillu. 



The present and the preceding species are strictly of the same subgeneric 

 group, and resemble each other in colors and general characters, but the pre- 

 sent bird is strongly characterized by the large space of chestnut color on the 

 breast, which assumes the form of a wide transverse band, and is uniformly 

 presented in several specimens in the collection from the Camma. It is smaller 

 than the preceding. 



This bird seems to be nearly related to Ploceus collaris, Vieillot, Nouv. Diet, 

 xxxiv., p. 129, Ency. Meth. ii. p. 699, but has not the tail feathers black, as 

 stated in all descriptions of that species, nor the breast rufous as stated also, 

 and differs in other characters. It also appears to be related to P. capitalis, 

 Lath. Gen. Hist, vi., pi. 94, but not so closely as to render it necessary to point 

 out distinctive characters. 



133. Hyphantornis flavigula (Hartlaub.) 



Ploceus flavigula, Hartl. Rev. Zool., 1845, p. 406. 



Hyphantornis Grayi, Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1851, p. 514. 

 Specimens in all of Mr. Duchaillu's collections agreeing precisely with the 

 inscriptions above cited are constantly labelled as males and females of the 

 same species. It is apparently the most abundant bird of this group in Equa- 

 torial Western Africa. Specimens from the Ogobai and Rembo, and formerly 

 from the Muni, Moonda and Cape Lopez. 



134. Hyphanturgus personatus, (Vieillot.) 



Ploceus personatus, Vieill. 



Ploceus melanotis, Swains. Anim. Menag. 



Vieill. Gal. ii. pi. 84. Jard. Contr. 1849, pi. 7 ? 



Two specimens only from the Camma present some differences compared 

 with numerous others in the Acad. Coll. from more northern localities, " Sene- 

 gal," " Gambia," &c, but may not be distinct. A careful investigation might, 

 however, be a good investment for an enterprising ornithologist. 



Jardine's figures, cited above, represent nothing accurately with which I am 

 acquainted, and seem, moreover, to have been prepared from specimens pre- 

 served in alcohol, which is especially liable to change yellow colors. The 

 species may not be the present. 



135. Foudia erythrops, (Hartlaub.) 



Ploceus erythrops, Hartl. Rev. Zool., 1848, p. 109. 

 Quelea capitata, DuBus. Bull. Acad. Brussels, 1855, 

 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Hamburg, 1848, pi. 8.' 



Numerous specimens of both sexes and various ages are in the collection 

 from the Camma, and formerly from the Moonda. The description and figures 

 by Dr. Hartlaub above cited, are of the female and young male, but the adult 

 male and female and the young are accurately described by him in Orn. W. 

 Afr., p. 129. The adult male has the entire head red, which color in the young 

 male is restricted to the frontal and other plumage at the base of the bill. 



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