a. Ad. sk. 



b. Ad. sk. 



c. d, e. Ad. sk. 

 /". Juv, sk. 



51. HYPHANTOENIS, 



[E. Africa.]* 



Zanzibar. 



Pangaui River (Sir J. Kirk). 



Malindi {Sir J. Kirk). 



447 



Sir A. Smith [_C.]. 

 (Type of species.) 

 Sir J. Kirk [C.l. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



7. Hyphantornis xanthops. 



Plyphantornis xanthops, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 342 ; Mont. t. c. 



p. 335 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 43, no. 6600 (1870) ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. S. 1873, p. 717; id. ^- Bouvier, Bull. S. Z. France, i. p. 47 



(1876), iii. p. 74 (1878); Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. vii. p. 244 (1880) ; 



id. Orn. Ariffola, -p. 327 (1881) ; SJiarpe, ed. Layard's B. S.-Afr. 



p. 438 (1881) ; Souza, Jorn. Lisb. 1886, p. 166, 1887, p. 09 ; 'id. 



op. cit. (2) i. p. 48 (1889). 

 Hyphantornis aurantiigula. Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 238 ; Reichen. 



'J. f. O. 1877, p. 27 ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; Reichen. Mitth. 



Afrik. Ges. i. p. 5 ; Bocage, Orn. Angola, pp. 331, 557 (1881). 

 Ploceus xanthops, Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. i. p. 123, pi. 5. fig. 1 (1886) ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 25. 



Adult male (type of species). Similar to H. subaureus, but having 

 a decidedly chestnut tinge on the throat and fore neck ; the wings 

 and tail are both darker than in the latter species, the wing-coverts 

 and quills being dark brown, with olive-yellow margins, the inner 

 webs wanting the broad edging of bright yellow ; the tail-feathers 

 dingy olive-brown with yellow edges, but wanting the broad yellow 

 edging to the inner web. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'8, 

 wing 3"6, tail 2-{), tal^sus 1"15. 



Hab. S.W. Africa, from Loango to Angola and Benguela. 



Loango. 



Lower Congo (L. Petit). 



a. 5 ad. sk. 

 b,c.d; d, e. 2 



ad. sk. 

 f, g. Ad. sk. Kabinda, Congo, Aug. 



h. Ad. sk. Angola. 



i. c? ad. sk. Maconjo, Angola (/.^4?ic7iie^fl). 



k. 5 ad. sk, jNlaconjo (J. Anchieta). 



I. c? ad. sk. Quisaangue {J. Anchieta). 



m. 2 ad.sk. Capangombe, J5enguela(j; ^4.). 



n. cS ad. sk. Rio Chimba (J. A.). 



Forbes Coll. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Commander Sperling 



[P.]. 

 Monteiro Coll. 



(Type of species.) 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Lisbon Miis. [P.]. 

 Lisbon Miis. [P.]. 

 Shellev Coll. 



8. Hyphantornis jamesoni. 



Hvphantornis xanthops (nee Hartl.), Shellei/, Ibis, 1882, p. 352 j 



■? Mafschie, J.f. 0. 1887, pp. 154, 158, 159. 

 ? Hyphantornis, sp., Bohm, J.f. O. 1885, p. 61. 

 ? Hyphantornis aurautius (nee V.), Bohm, J.f. O. 1885, p. 70. 

 ? Ploceus xanthops, Dubois, Bull. Mus. R. Belg. iv. p. 148 (1886). 



* Said to have been procured at Sierra Leone, but the species probably never 

 visits West Africa. 



