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00. Sitagra ocularia crocata (Hartl.) 

 S ad. Kilagweloa iii Torn, fi. -t. 1800. " Iris: iuucr circle grcyi^h-wLite, uuter 

 pale yellow. Feet pale slate-blue, bill black." 



lM(i. Melanopteryx uigerrima (Vieill.) 

 Bafwazabangi, ou the Ituri River, :J*. 5. IbW. " Iris bright lemon-yellow." 



im. Hyphantoruis fischeri (Ruhw.) 

 Fort George, 2(3. 4. 1800. " Iris dark browu." 



lux'. H3rphantornis xanthops Hurt I. 

 Kitagwetoa aud Kinyomozi iu Torn, April l^O'.i. •• Iris pale golden yellow, 

 i'eet pale bruwu, bill black." 



It to. Hyphantoruis castanops (Shelley). 



Kichuchu, Kinyomozi and Bntiti in Torn, April IbO'.i. " Iris golden yellow, 

 bill black, t'ect pale brown." 



1m4. Hyphantornis abyssinicus (Gm.) 



Typical males, not differing from Abyssinian specimens, were procured at 

 Kahungi in Torn, and near Fort George ou the Albert Edward Lake. Une from 

 Kam))ala in Uganda has the black slightly more extended towards the nape, aud 

 was therelbre recoriled Ijy me as 77. bohndorJ]l Rchw. in Ausorge's " Under the 

 African Sun," p. 343). However, I am now of ojjinion, that those from Uganda and 

 Unyoro must be called ahyssinkm, while males from Stanley Falls (type or typical 

 specimens before me) have the black of the crown extended iu the middle for about 

 4 to 8 mm. more backwards. They were named bohiulorjfi, but are merely a slight 

 subspecies of 77. ubijssinicus. JIales from Bafwazabangi and other places on the 

 Ituri River are rather more like typical abi/ssiitirus, but one or two liavc the black 

 intermediate in extension between the two forms. This is, of course, not very easy 

 to observe, if the skins are uot first-rate: and those before me are not so. 



loo. ■• Ploceus anomalus ' Rchw. 



This interesting form is described from a single young bird by Reicheuow 

 iu the Joarn. f. Orn. 1887, p. 214. Three young birds, collected by the late BIr. 

 Bonny in the camp of the notorious " Rear-column " at Yambuga, on the Aruwimi 

 River, have been examined by Prof. Reicheuow and found to be the same as 

 his Ploceus anonifdus. All three are evidently immature, two have no black 

 feathers on the throat, while the third, very mutilated one, has a black throat. 

 The first primary is in length between that of a Ihjphanloniis and a Pijromelana, 

 and the tail resembles more i\x^ioi^ Pip- omelana. Unfortunately the adult male 

 is not yet known. 



lOf'i. Icteropsis pelzelni (Hartl.). 



?. Fort George, 27. 4. 18f>9. " Iris brown." 



