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the ear-coverts, which are dark brown ; cheeks black, continued into 

 a broad line along the sides of the throat, which is white like the 

 rest of the iinder surface, with a large patch of light brown on the 

 sides of the lower breast ; thighs and under tail-coverts white ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries dark brown ; quills below dusky 

 brown, lighter along the inner edge : " bill blackish ; feet reddish 

 brown ; ins chestnut " {Heurjlin). Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-7 

 wing 4-05, tail 2-G, tarsus 0-9. ' 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 7 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 4-05, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-9. 



Hub. N.E. Africa from Bogos-Land and the Upper Nile districts 

 to Ukamba and Masai-Land. 



a. Ad. sk. Khartoum {Knohlecker). Sharpe Coll. 



b, c. Ad. sk. Shoa {Sir W. C. Harris). India Mus. 



d. c? ad. sk. Ambukarra, Shoa, Aug. 13 Shelley Coll. 



(O. Antinori). 



e. Ad. sk. White Nile. Purchased. 

 f,ff- d; h. 2 ad. Lado, Equatorial Africa, March Shelley Coll. 



sk. (Umin Pasha), 



i. 2 ad.sk. Kitui in Ukamba, May 1877. Dr. IlildebrandtrCl. 



k. cS ad. sk. Kitui, May (Br. Hildebrandt). Shelley Coll. ^ 



3. Ploceipasser pectoralis. 



Agrophilus melanorhynchus {nee Riipp.), Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. 



p. 60 (1854). 

 Philagrus pectoralis, Pe^era, j; /. O. 1868, p. 133; Seuffl. Orn. N.O.- 



Afi\ p. 539, note' (1870) ; Fimch 8f Hartl. Vog. Ostafr. p. 387 



(1870). 

 Plocepasser pectoralis, Graij, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 47, no. 6658 (1870). 



Adult. Similar to P. mahali, but smaller, rather more rufous-brown 

 in colour, and is further distinguished by its black bill and especially 

 by the black markings across the fore neck. Total length 6-4 inches, 

 culmen 07, wing 3-75, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-85. 



Hab. South-eastern Africa from the Zambesi to Inhambane. 



a, b, c. Ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi (Sir J. Kirk). Livingstone Expedition. 



4. Ploceipasser propinquatus. 



Plocepasser propinquatus, Skellei/, Ibis, 1887, p. 6 (ex Oustalet, MSS. 

 in Mus. Paris) . 



Adult. Similar to P. pectoralis, but distinguished by the pale 

 brown bill and the less distinct spots on the throat (Shelley). 

 Hah. Somali-Land. 



