51. HYPHANXOKNIS. 445 



bastard-wing, priniary-coverls. and quills black, edged with bright 

 yellow ; tail-feathers dull olive-yellow, edged with brighter yellow 

 on the inner web ; crown of head, nape, and hind neck orange-yellow, 

 as also the sides of face and ear-coverts ; cheeks and tliroat deep 

 chestnut ; chin, remainder of under surface of body from the fore 

 neck downwards, orange-yellow, paler on the lower abdomen, flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts ; the breast slightly washed with 

 orange ; under wing-coverts yellow ; quills below dusk)% yellow 

 along the inner edge: "bill black in adult; iris yellowish brown " 

 {J. Biittikofcr) : '' feet flesh-colour ; iris orange-brown " ( W. A. 

 Forbes). Total length 5"3 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-8, tail 1-7, 

 tarsus 7. 



Adult female. Hesembles the male in colour ; feet flesh-colour ; 

 iris red (/. Buttikofer). 



Young. Uniform olive-green above, with darker centres to the 

 feathers ; edges of secondaries and wing-coverts olive-yellow, but 

 not so bright or so broad as in the adults ; chin, throat, a super- 

 ciliary stripe, edge of wing, and under wing-coverts yellow ; chest, 

 abdomen, vent, sides of body, and under tail-coverts pale grey, 

 whitish on the centre of the breast and abdomen and on the under 

 tail-coverts: ''bill and feet flesh-colour ; iris red " {J. BiUti/rofer). 



Hah. West Afiica, from Liberia to the Niger and to the Congo. 



a. Ad. sk. Bonny, Nov. 21 {A. Crossley). Sharpe Coll. 



h. S ad. sk. Abutschi, Eiver Niger, Aug. ( TF. A. F.). Forbes Coll. 



v-e. Ad. sk. Gaboon {Dii Chaillti). 



fi<l- d ad. sk. Laudaoa (Z*;-. Lucan). Shelley Coll. 



5. Hyphantornis siibaureus. 



Ploceus subaureua, Smith, I'mv. S. Afr. List. 1832, ^Vpi-il, Jide ^l. 



S^nith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Aves, pi. oO. fig. 1 (1839); Shellei/, Ibis, 



1887, p. 1>5. 

 Hyphantovuis subauieus, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p 350 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 41, no. 6573 (1870) ; Gurncy, Ibis, 1873, pp. 255, 282. 

 Oriolinus subaureus, lieichenb. Sinyv. p. 84, Taf. xlii. lig. 314 (1861). 



Adult male. General colour above yellow, with somewhat of a 

 dusky olive shade in the middle and on the margin of the feathers; 

 lesser wii]g-coverts like the back ; median and greater coverts, 

 bastard-wing, primarj'-coverts, and quills dusky olive, edged with 

 bright yellow ; tail-feathers dusky olive- yellow, brighter yellow 

 along the inner web ; crown of head golden yellow, duller on the 

 hinder crown and nape, which are like the hind neck ; forehead 

 bright golden yellow, inclining to orange ; lores and eyelid dusky 

 blackish ; sides of face, ear-covcrts, cheeks, and under surface of 

 body yellow, inclining slightly to orange on the sides of the face, 

 throat, and chest ; sides of body and flanks slightly washed with 

 olive-gieenish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries, as well as the 

 quill-lining, bright yellow : " bill liver-brown, the under mandible 

 slightly mottled with reddish brown ; legs, toes, and claws deep 



