244 



g. 2 ad. sk. 

 h. (S ad. sk. 

 i, k. (S ad. sk. 

 I, m, n. (S ad. et 



juv. ; o, p, q. 



$ ad. sk. 

 r, s. d juT., $ 



ad. sk. 

 t. cJ ad. sk. 



u,v. c? $ ad. sk. 



jv. (S; .r,y. $ ad. 



sk. 

 z S ad. sk. 



Durban {Gordge). 

 Transvaal {T. Ay res). 

 Transvaal (T. Ay res). 

 Potckefstroom, Jan., June (7". 

 Ay res). 



Potchefstroom, Jan., Feb. {T. 



Ay res). 

 Potchefstroom, Feb. 3 {T. 



Ay res). 

 Potchefsti'oom, Jan., March 



(T. Ay res). 

 Ondonga, Ovampo-Land,Nov. 



1866 (C. J. Anderssmi). 

 Ondonga, Jan. 22 (C. J. A.). 



SheUey Coll. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



J. H. Gurney, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Forbes Coll. 



H. Seebohm, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Shai'pe Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



15. Pyromelana ladoensis. 



Euplectes taha (nee Smith), Antin. Cat. Ucc. p. 68 (1864) ; Hartl. 



AbJiandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, vii. p. 10-3 (18S1), viii. p. 201 (1883) ; 



Pek. Verh. z.-b. Gesellsch. Wien, xxxii. p. 506 (1882). 

 Euplectes habessinica, pt, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 575 (1870). 

 Euplectes abys^iuicus (iiec V.), Antin. if- Salvad. Viaqg. Bogos, 



p. 118. 

 Euplectes ladoensis, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 218. 

 Euplectes taha ladoensis, Reichen. t. c. 

 Pyromelana sticta (nee Heugl.), Shelley, Ibis, 1886, p. 354. 

 Pyromelana ladoensis, Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 33. 



Adult male. Similar to P. taha, but much smaller, aud distin- 

 guished by a little more j'ellow on the sides of the body ; the 

 feathers below the yellow patch on the sides of the breast slightly 

 mottled with yellow bases, and the feathers of the sides of the body 

 with narrow yellow edges. Total length 4-2 inches, culmen 0"55, 

 wing 2-25, tail 1-1, tarsus 0*65. 



The amount of yellow on the sides of the body seems to vary a 

 good deal. 



Eab. North-eastern Africa, from the Eastern Soudan and White 

 Nile districts to Lamo. 



a, b, c. (5 ad. ; d. 



2 ad. sk. 

 e. j ad. sk. 

 f-k. $ ad. ; /. S 

 juv. sk. 



Lado, June, Aug. {Emin 



Pasha). 

 Lado, Aug. 30, 1884. 

 Lamo. E. Africa {Sir J. 



Kirk). 



Shelley Coll. 



Emin Pasha [P.]. 

 Shelley Coll. 



10. PLOCEIPASSER. 



Type. 



Plocepasser, Smith, Rep. Exped. C. Afr. p. 51 (1836). P. mahali. 



Agrophilus, Sioains. B. W. Afr. i. p. "209 (1837) P. superciliosus 



Leucophrvs, Swains. Clnssif. B. ii. p. 287, fig. 262 



(1837) : ." P. mahali. 



Philagi-us, Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 179 (1850) P. mahali. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



