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 34. Ploceus ocularius crocata Haiti. 



Hyphantorms crocata Hartlauh. Abh. Wofor. Ver. Bremen. 1881. p. 100 (Magungo). 

 Ploceus ocularius abayensis Neumann, Journ./. Orn. 1905. p. 339 (Gigiro in Gudgi, east of Lake 

 A bay a). 



Very closely allied to P. ocularius ocularius, btit bill shorter and comparatively 

 thicker, less long and slender, than in the latter. Coloration the same, only 

 the cheeks of the males and the entire throat of the females are generally, though 

 not always, somewhat less tinged with golden brownish. Size generally much 

 smaller. 



We have the following specimens : 



1 ? (erronously sexed 6) Magungo 25. xi. 1879. Type of H. crocata. (Cf. 

 Hartl. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 341, 1887.) Emin Pasha coll. (No. 152.) 1 pull. 

 Magungo, 22. xi. 1879. Emiu Pasha coll. (No. 141.) 



1 ¥ (sexed 6 — possibly 6 out of breeding season?), Tomaja, 9. xi. 1882. 

 " Long. tot. 104, rostr. a fronte 16, al. 72, cand. 55, tars. 18*5 mm. Iride perlacea ; 

 rostro nigro ; pedibus fnsco-rnbellis." Emin Pasha coll. (No. 249.) 



1 6 ad., Masindi in Ungoro 1. v. 1897. Dr. W. J. Ansorge coll. (No. 76.) 



1 6 ad., Kitagwetoa (Torn), 6. iv. 1899. Dr. W. J. Ansorge coll. (No. 328.) 



1 c? ad., Klip-plaat-drift, Benguella, 4. viii. 04. "Iris chrome-yellow, feet 

 slate-blue, bill black." W. J. Ansorge coll. (No. 536.) 



1 ? ad., Bonga Mountain, Quilenges, Benguella, 27. i. 05. " Iris dark 

 brown, feet bluish grey, bill black." W. J. Ansorge coll. (No. 317.) 



2 ? ? ad., Pungo Audongo, Angola, 4, 5. vi. 03. " Iris greenish grey." 

 W. J. Ausorge coll. (Nos. 246, 250.) 



1 ? juv., Pungo Andougo, Angola, 25. vi. 03. "Iris dark brown; feet 

 pale slate ; bill — upper yellowish brown with ochrc-brown tip, lower yellowish ochre, 

 yellowish brown near base." W. J. Ansorge coll. (No. 455.) 



1 6 ad., Catumbela, Benguella, 1900. Albert Mocquerys coll. 



1 ? ad., Gigiro (Gndji), east of Lake Abaya in Southern Ethiopia. O. Neu- 

 mann coll. — (No. 487 — type of Ploceus ocularius abayensis). 



1 6 ad., 1 ¥ immat., Herer River, 16. vii., 10. ix. 02. Zapphiro coll. 



1 ¥ ad., Harawa, near Harar, 26. xii. 02. Zapphiro coll. 



Although the type of P. ocularius abayensis is a somewhat dark individual, 

 the examination of our series and that in the British Museum has convinced me 

 that it is impossible to separate a South Ethiopian form. 



P. o. crocata thus ranges from Angola throughout Central Africa to Southern 

 Ethiopia and Southern Abyssinia. 



35. Ploceus ocularius brachypterus Swains. 



Ploceus orachypterus Kwainson, B. W. Afr. i. p. 168 Taf. 10 (1837— Senegal). 



The West African form ranges from Senegambia to Gaboon and perhaps 

 to the mouth of the Congo (Landana) — from where I have, however, not seen a 

 specimen. 



Of Ploceus ocularius brachypterus we have the following specimens : 



2 66 ad., " W. Africa " (? Senegambian make). Ex Bartlett coll. 

 1 jnv., " W. Africa, Dr. Gordon coll." Ex Jardine coll. 



1 6 ad., Sierra Leone, Fowlles coll. Ex Jardine coll. 



