424 



4. Sycotrotus stictifrons. 



Sycobrotus bicolor {nee V.), Finsch lV Ilartl. Voff. Osfrifr. p. 403 



(1870) ; Fischer, J. f. O. 1885, p. 1:!2. 

 Symplectes stictifrons, Fisc/ier i, lieiclien. J. f. O. 1885, p. 37?>. 

 Ploceus stictifrons, Shelleij, Ibis, 1887, p. 10. 



Adult. Similar to P. bicolor, aud brown like that species, but 

 distinguished by greyish tips to the brown feathers of the crown 

 and throat. Total length 5-7 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3-5, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0"9. 



Two of the Shire specimens have the throat yellow, and are 

 probably young birds or old birds in seasonal plumage. 



Hah. East Africa from the Rovuraa lliver to the Shire. 



a. Ad. sk. Rovuraa River (J. Thommri). Shelley Coll. 



h. Ad.; c,d. Shire Cataract (-SYr /. A7;70. Livingstone Expedition. 

 Juv. sk. 



48. SITAGRA. 



Tvpe. 

 Sitagra, Eeickenb. St/.<<t. Nat. Taf. Ixxix. fig. 15 (1850J . . ? S.'luteola. 

 Sitagi-a, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 181 (1851) S. liiteola. 



Range. Confined to Africa. 



Keij to the Species. 



a. Throat black. 



a' . Forehead and sides of face black. 



a" . Forehead only black ; remainder of 

 crown yellow. 

 a'". Wing-coverts and secondaries edged 



with yellow hit cola c? , P- 425. 



h'" . Wing-coverts and secondaries incon- 

 spicuously fringed with olive-yellow, mo'inicha S, p. 420. 

 b" . Forehead and vertex black ; the hinder 



crown orange-yellow siihjiersoiutfa J , p. 427. 



b'. Forehead orange like the crown ; sides of 

 face orange, with a black line through 

 the eye. 



c" . Uill f-lender oeularia J , p. 427. 



d". Bill stout hraehi/ptera (^ , p. 421;t. 



h. Throat yellow or orange. 



c'. Wing-coverts edged with white or yellow, 

 the wings not of the same colour as the 

 back ; no black stripe through the eye. 

 e". Larger; back uniform. 



c'". Forehead orange-yellow like the , • , ,r,r, 



sides of the face and throat I V -r d'\\' 



d"'. Forehead brown like the head and -^ • n ion 

 , rtv)«Ms 5 , p. 430. 



^^^^ ] eaffra $ , p. 431. 



/". Smaller; back streaked ; bill black .. luteola 5 , p. 425, 



(/". Smaller ; back uniform aud like the 



head ; bill horn-brown manacha J , p. 420. 



