p. 460; Hartl. Orn. Westafr. pp. 132, 274 (1857) ; Cassin, Proc. 



Acad. N. S. Philad. 1859, p. 135 ; Heine, Journ. flir Ornith. 1860, 



p. 143 ; Hartl. Journ. fur Ornith. 1861, p. 257 ; Reichn. Journ. fiir 



Ornith. 1875, p. 38. 

 Mdiinhus ruhricollis, Strickl. Contr. Ornith. 1851, p. 133 ; Elliot, Ibis, 



1876, pp. 457, 458, 461. 

 Textor rufovitatus (error), Eyton, Cat. Coll. Birds, p. 245 (1856). 

 Sycohius nuchalis, Elliot, Ibis, 1859, p. 393 ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1869, p. 191, 



1870, p. 472. 

 Malimhus textrix, Graj'-, Hand-List Birds, ii. p. 43 (1870). 

 Malimbus occipitalis, Gray, Hand-List Birds, ii. p. 43, pt. (1870). 

 Malimhus rnfovelatus, ^\i?LV^e, Cat. Afr. Birds, p. 60 (1871); Ussher, 



Ibis, 1874, p. 68. 

 Sycohius rufovelatus, Sharpe et Bouv. Bull. S. Z. France, iii. 1878, 



p. 75. 

 Ploceus malimbus, Russ, Stubenvoj^el, p. 322 (1879). 

 Malimbus malimbicus, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 40. 



Figures. Daud. Ann. du Mus. Paris, i. pi. 10. fig. 2. ? . Vieill. 

 Ois. Chant, pi. xliii. ? . Eraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 46. Reichb. 

 Singvogel, pi. Ixi. figs. 332-334. 



English. The Red-necked Malimbus. Red-crowned Euplectes. The 

 Large Red-crowned Weaver. 



French. Le Tanagra de Malimhe femelle. Le Malimbe femelle. Le 

 Malimbe cou-rouge. 



German. Dcr rothhalsige Malimbus. Der Malimbus. — Prachhveber- 

 rogel. 



Habitat. West Africa ; Tributaries of the River Congo, Gold Coast, 

 and Angola. Fernando Po (Fraser). Gaboon, Cape Lopez, and 

 River Gamma (Vu Chaillu). Fantee country and Denkera 

 (Ussher). Conde (Lucan et Petit). 



