(-500 ) 



Onr material is, so far, most scanty, for we have only : 

 Of P. aureojiavus . 1 3 ad., Mogadoxo, Somaliland. Revoil coll. (Ex Boncard.) 

 1 ? Jim., on the label of which is written in Reichenow's 



handwriting " Ploceus anreoflavus." (Ex Bartlett.) 



Zanzibar. 

 Of P. bcgeri : 2 S ad., Mombasa Island, 12. x. 1896. W. J. Ansorge coll. 

 Of P. holoxantkus: 1 <$ ad., 1 ? ad., Mtoni, January. Bohndorf coll., the 



former the type ! (Cf. Hartlanb, Abh. Bremen, 1891, 



p. 22.) 



38. Ploceus temporalis (Boc). 

 Efyphantornis temporalis Bocage, .lorn. Lisboa, xxviii. p. 244 (1881) — Caconda). 



1 J ad., Bunhe River, Bengnella, 28. ix. 04. (No. 410.) "Iris yellow-lake; 

 feet bistre ; bill black." W. J. Ansorge coll. 



It is a great pleasure to record the capture of an adult male of this rare 

 Ploceus, hitherto only known from the single type specimen in the Lisbon Museum. 

 It is in worn plumage, but agrees with the original description. The bill is stout 

 and short, like the bill of Ploceus xanthops, and Dr. Bocage wrongly compared 

 P. temporalis with P. baglqfecht (B. Angola ii. p. 557), thus misleading Shelley 

 (in 1896) and Reichenow (1904) to place the former in the "subgenus Otyphantes." 

 In coloration, and especially in the peculiarity that the under wing-coverts and 

 inner edges of the quills are brownish grey — the former with yellow edges, this 

 form is perhaps nearest to Ploceus capensis and olivaceus, but the very strong 

 bill is like that of P. xanthops. P. temporalis is one of those forms which show 

 the fallacy of the establishment of too many genera of African Ploceinae. I may 

 add that the crown is golden-yellow with a faint olivaceous tinge, not at all 

 inclining to orange as in PI. XLI. of Shelley's work, where the bill is not 

 thick enough either. Shelley's description (_B. Afr. iv. p. 467) is very exact, 

 the undcr-surface not being as bright yellow as in the plate. The wing of our 

 specimen measures 84 mm., bnt being somewhat worn would be, if fresh, a few 

 millimetres longer. The bill is 17 mm. long, and at base 115 mm. high. 



The following examples seem to belong to P. temporalis : 



1 cj in non-breeding plumage, Chissamba (Bih£), Angola, 19. xi. 04. " Iris 

 pink-rose, feet purplish brown, upper mandible dark slate, lower yellowish grey." 

 (No. + 725.) W. J. Ansorge coll. 



In worn plumage ! Upperside olive with yellowish edges to the feathers, 

 lower rump and upper tail-coverts olive-yellow. Under-surface yellow, abdomen 

 mixed with creamy-buff feathers. Wing about 80 (very worn, probably more — 

 88 mm.); bill 26-8 mm. Inner edges to the quills brownish grey, under wing- 

 coverts pale brownish grey with pale yellow borders. 



1 ?, Chingwari (Bihe), 10. xii. 04. "Iris dark brown, feet purplish ln-owu. 

 Upper mandible light brown, lower piukish brown." (No. + 8s3.) W. J. Ansorge 

 coll. 



Upper surface olive-browu with yellowish edges to the feathers. Underside 

 very pale dull yellow. Wing 76-5 mm. 



" S " in non-breeding plumage, Cauda (Bihe), Angola, 4. xii. 04. (No. + 848.) 

 Exactly like the ¥ No. + 883, but larger. Wing S3 mm. 



?,Bulu-bulu (Bihe), 4. x. 04. (No. +182.) Wing 785 mm. Underneath 

 more yellow than No. + 848. 



