444 PtOCEIDJE. 



3. Hyphantoniis xanthopterus. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



IIvpliantovDis, sp., Kirk, Ihis, 1804, p. 322. 



Ilyphaiitoriiis .xauthopterus, Finsch Sf Ilartl. Vor/. Osf.afr. p. 399 



\1870) ; Grai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 43, uo. G602 (1870); isharpe, cd. 



Laym-d's B. S. Afr. p. 443 (1884). 

 Hyphantornis caslaneigula, Cub. J.f. O. 1884, p. 240, pi. 3. fig. 1. 

 Ploceus castaueigula, lieiclien. Zool. Jahrh. i. p. 118 (1886). 

 Ploceus xantlioptenis, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 25. 



Adult male (tj'pe of species). General colour above bright yellow, 

 almost uniforra, with a few dusky greenish centres to the feathers 

 of the back, more distinct on the scapulars ; lower back, rump, and 

 u|)per tail-coverts perfectly uniform yellow; wing-coverts yellow, 

 with dusky bases ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dusky brown, 

 edged with yellow ; quills yellow, blackish brown at the tips and 

 along the outer margin of the shaft, the edges of the quills bright 

 yellow ; tail-feathers light olive-brown, yellow along the shaft, the 

 remainder pale yellow, pale olive-brown along the outer web and at 

 the eJid, the margins yellow ; crown of head and nape golden yellow, 

 as also the sides of face and hinder ear-coverts ; lores blackish ; 

 feathers below the eye, fore part of ear-coverts, and cheeks, as well 

 as the throat, deep chestnut; sides of neck and under surface of 

 body bright yellow ; under wing-coverts and quill-lining bright 

 yellow : bill black. Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0*05, wing 2"y5, 

 tail 2, tarsus O'Oo. 



Ilah. Zambesi and Shire Elvers. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Shire Valley (Sir J. Kirk). Livingstone Exped. 



(Type of species.) 



4. Hyphantornis aurantius. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



Malimbus aurantius, Vieill. Ois. Chanf. p. 73, pi. 44 (1805). 

 Ploceus aurantius, Vieill. N. Diet. d^Hist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 130 (1819) ; 



Swaitis. An. in Menag. p. 306 (1837) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 25 ; 



Bilttik. Notes Leyden Mus. xi. p. 134 (1889). 

 Hvphantornis aurantius. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; Bp. Consp, 



1 p. 440 (1850) ; Ilartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 121 (1857) ; Reichenb. 



Sinyv. p. 85, Taf. xliii. fig. 319 (1861) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 43, 



no. 6599 (1870); Finsch^- Ilartl. Viiq. Ostafr. p. 868 (1870); 



Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 012; Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) ii. Bidl. 



p. 107 (1879); Shelley, Ibis, 1883, p. 55; Bilttik. Notes Leyden 



Mus. vii'. p. 188 (1885). 

 Hyphantornis royrei, Hartl. J. f. O. 1865, p. 97 (ex Verr. MSS.) ; 



Finsch, J.f. O. 1868, p. 169. 

 Hyphanturgus aurantius. Bonnier, Cat. Ois. Marche, p. 24 (1875). 

 Symplectes aurantius, Beichen. J.f. O. 1887, p. 307. 



Adult. General colour above olive-yellow, nearly uniform, the 

 scapulars and lower back like the mantle ; rump inclining to orange ; 

 upper tail-coverts olive-yellow, with dusky centres ; lesser wing- 

 coverts blackish, broadly edged with olive-yellow; median and 

 greater coverts black, with broad tips and margins of bright yellow ; 



