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upper tail-coverts like the back ; wing-coverts like the back, the 

 greater coverts and quills more sooty black ; tail-feathers black ; 

 crown of head orange-yellow, the occiput and nape black like the 

 back ; lores and a line througli the eye black ; sides of face, ear- 

 coverts, and cheeks orange-yellow ; throat black, as also the sides of 

 neck ; fore neck orange-yellow, becoming golden yellow on the 

 chest and remainder of the under surface ; sides of body, flanks, 

 and thighs slightly mottled with black bases ; under tail-coverts, 

 under wing-coverts, and axillaries golden yellow ; the lower coverts 

 white ; quills below blackish, rather more ashy along the inner 

 edge : " bill black ; feet fawn- or horny brown ; iris red or reddish 

 brown " {G. A. Fischer) ; " feet pinkish flesh-colour ; iris crimson " 

 {F. J. Jackson). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 2-9, 

 tail 2, tarsus 0-S. 



Adult female. Black above like the male, and entirely golden 

 yellow below, with no black on the throat, which has only a slight 

 tinge of yellow ; crown of head black lilve the back, with a distinct 

 yellow eyebrow, followed by a black line from the lores running 

 through the eye to the sides of tlie nape ; rest of sides of face 

 yellow, like the underparts. Total length o-ii inches, culmen 0-7, 

 wing 2-7, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-8. 



This species is similar to H. 7iigricolIis, bnt is blacker and wants the 

 olive-yellow shade on the wings, lower back, and tail, the latter 

 being entirely black. The black colour of the back extends upwards 

 in a square patch on the nape. 



The female is similar to the female of U. nigricoUis, but differs, 

 like the male, in being blacker and having no olive-yellow on the 

 wings, back, or tail. 



Bah. East Africa. 



a-d. (5 5 ad. sk. Lauiu (Sir J. Kirk). Slielley Coll. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Melinda (Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



f, ff- d; /<■ 2 Mauda Island, Nov. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 

 ad. sk. [P.]. 



3. Heterhyphantes melanogaster. 



PloceiLs melanogaster, Shelley, P. Z. S. 18^7, p. 126, pi. xiv. hg. 2. 



Adult mede (type of species). General colour above black, with a 

 slight gloss j wings and tail black ; entire head, sides of face, and 

 throat yellow, inclining to orange on the latter and on the cheeks ; 

 lores and streak through the eye black ; occiput also mi.xed with 

 black ; entire under surface of body black from the fore neck dowJi- 

 wards, with a few yellow feathers on the thighs ; under wing- 

 coverts black ; quills blackish below. Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0-75, wing 2-6, tail 1-8, tarsus U-75. 



Hab. Cameroons, W. Africa. 



ft. S ad. sk. Cameroons Mountains, 8000 feet, H. H. Johnston, 

 Sept. Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 VOL. xiii. 2e 



