248 PLOCErD^. 



6. Ploceipasser rufoscapulatus. 



Plocepasser rufoscapulatus, Biittik. Notes Leyden Mus. x. p. 238, 

 pi. 9. fig. 2 (1888). 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above rufous cho- 

 colate ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more ashy brown, 

 the latter much clearer ashy ; lesser wing-coverts rufous-brown like 

 the back : median and greater series black, tipped with white, the 

 former rather browner and forming a double wing-bar ; bastard- 

 wing, primary -coverts, and quills blackish, fringed with light brown, 

 more rufous on the secondaries, the inner secondaries edged with 

 isabelline, like the greater coverts ; tail uniform light brown ; centre 

 of crown ashy grey like the hind neck ; base of foi-ehead and a 

 broad lateral stripe on the crown black, followed by a broad eye- 

 brow of grey ; lores, feathers round the eye, and a stripe along the 

 upper edge of the ear-coverts black ; ear-coverts and cheeks ashy 

 grey, the latter whiter anteriorly ; throat white, separated from the 

 cheeks by a distinct malar stripe of black from the chin, widening 

 out below ; lower throat and fore neck and chest light ashy grey, 

 with a shade of ochreous brown on the lower throat ; remainder of 

 under surface of body greyish white, a little more ashy on the lower 

 flanks ; thighs and under tail-coverts ashy white ; under wing- 

 coverts ashy white, the lower greater coverts ashy brown, the outer 

 coverts also mottled with ashy brown ; quiUs dusky brown below, 

 isabeUine along the inner edge : " bill and feet horn-colour ; iris 

 dark brown " { Van der Kelleii). Total length 6'2 inches, culmen 

 0-75, wing 3-8, tail 2-3, tarsus O'S. {Mus. Lwjd.) 



Hab. Cunene River, S.W. Africa. 



6. Ploceipasser superciliosus. 



Ploceus superciliosus, ex Rilpp. MSS., Cretzschm. in Hiipp. Atlas, 



Voff. p. 24, pi. 15 (1826). 

 Plocepasser superciliosus, Smith, Hej). Exped., C. Afr. Apf. p. 51, 



note (1836) ; Hupp. St/sf. Uebers. p. 78 (1845) ; Graij, Gen. B. ii. 



p. 354(1849); Bp. Consp. i. p. 179, note (1850); Heugl. Syst. 



Uebers. p. 43 (1856) ; Hart/. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 131 (1857) ; Antin. 



Cat. descrr. Ucc. p. 67 (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 47, no. 6657 



(1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 5 ; Salvad. Ann. Mks. Civic. Genov. 



(2) i. p. 194 (1884), vi. p. 295 (1888). 

 Agrophilus superciliosus, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. p. 209 (1837). 

 Philagrus superciliosus, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 279 (1850) ; Heugl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 536 (1870), iv. Api). p. cxxviii (1871) ; Har- 



tert,J.f. 0. 1886, p. 585. 



Adult. General colour above light brown, paler and more ashy 

 brown on the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts ; lesser 

 wing-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts dark brown, 

 tipped with white, forming a double wing-bar ; bastard-wing, pri- 

 marj'-coverts, and quills dark brown, edged with fulvous, the 

 secondaries margined with white ; tail-feathers brown, with lighter 



