228 



/". With the mantle bhick like the head ; 

 a shoulder-patch of bright yellow on the 

 lesser and median coverts. [pp- 236-239. 



g'". Thighs pale brown capensis and alHes, 



h'". Thighs black xanthomelttna, p. 239. 



''. Crown yellow, followed by a broad band of 

 black across the mantle. 

 g''. With a band of yellow across the chest . afra, p. 241. 

 h''. W'ith no yellow on the chest, which is 

 black like the rest of the under surface. 

 i'". Sides of body black. 



a*. Larger: wing 275 inches; the yellow 

 patch on the sides of the upper 

 breast very small and indistinct . . scioana, p. 241. 

 i*. Smaller: wing 2 '55 inches ; the yel- 

 low patch on the sides of the upper 



breast very distinct taha, p. 242. 



k'". Sides of body yellow or mixed with 



yellow ladoensis, p. 244. 



1. Pyromelana flammiceps. 



Euplectes flammiceps, Sumim. B. W. Aft: i. p. 186, pi. 13 (1837) ; 

 JRupp. Neue Wirh., Vog. p. 101 (1835^0) ; id. St/st. Uebers. p. 76 

 (1845) ; Gordon, Contr. Orti. 1849, p. 9 ; Bp. ^Consp. i. p. 446 

 (1850) ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 127 (1857) ; Monteiro, P. Z. S. 

 1860, p. Ill ; Hnrtl. J. f. 6. 1861, p. 175; Beichenh. Singv. p. 57, 

 Taf. xxiii. fig. 203 (1861); Monteiro, Ibis, 1862, p. 338; Scl. 

 F. Z. S. 1864, p. 109 ; Heur/l. J.f. O. 1867, p. 373; Hartl. P. Z. S. 

 1867, p. 826 ; Heugl. Orn. N. O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 567 (1870) ; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1809, p. 191; id. Cat. Afr. B. p. 62 (1871) ;' Skelletj Sf 

 Buckley, Ibis, 1872, p. 289; Ussher, Ibis, 1874, p. 69; Sharpe 

 ^ Bouvier, Bull. Sue. Zool. France, i. p. 47 (1876) ; Bocar/e, Orn. 

 Angola, p. 3.35 (1877-81); Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Fischer ^ 

 Reichen. t. c. p. 263, 1879, p. 351 ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1880, p. 187 ; 

 Shelley, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 585; Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, 

 Tiii. p. 201 (1883) ; Fischer, Zeitschr. ges. Orn. i. p. 327 (1884) ; 

 id. J. f. O. 1885, p. 134 ; Biittik. Notes Leyden Mm. 1885, p. 194 ; 

 Hartert, J.f. 0. 1886, p. 586. 



Oryx petiti, i)es Mnrs in Lefebvre's Voy. Abyss, pi. x. flg. 1 (1845-50). 



Loxia (Euplectes) petiti, Des Murs, op. c;'<. p. 112 (1845). 



Ploceus flammiceps, Grm/, Gen. B. ii. p. 353 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. B. 

 ii. p. 46, no. 66.39 (1870). 



Euplectes craspedopterus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 446 (1850) ; Heiigl. Syst. 

 Uebers. p. 39 (1836) ; Eeichetib. Singv. p. 58 (1861). 



Euplectes flaviceps, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 106 (lapsu cal.). 



Euplectes pyrrhozona, Heugl. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 247. 



Pyromelana' flammiceps, Finsch Sf Hartl. Voq. Ostafr."^. 414 (1870) ; 

 Reichen. J. f. O. 1875, p. 40, 1877, p. '28; Shelleii, Ibis, 1883, 

 p. 552, 1886, p. 352 ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 308 ; Shelley, P. Z. S. 

 1888, p. 33. 



Adult male. General colour above bright scarlet, the mantle and 

 scapulars' more or less sandy brown ; the scapulars black near the 

 base of the outer web ; wing-coverts and quills entirely black, with 

 remains of sandy-brown margins, more distinct on the inner second- 



