448 TLOCETDiE. 



Adult nude. Similar to H. xanthops but greener, aud having only 

 the forehead yello\y, the ear-coverts being also washed with olive- 

 green like the sides of the neck : " bill black ; legs and feet pale 

 brown: iris light tawny yellow" {J. S. Jameson). Total length 

 7 2 inches, ciilmen 0*8, wing 3'75, tail 2*7, tarsus 1"05, 



Adult female, iluch greener than the male, the wings dark 

 brown with greenish-yellow edgings ; the whole tail dingy as in 

 the male and not showing any of the bright yellow edgings to the 

 inner web : " bill horn-colour, the lower mandible lighter ; feet 

 dark brown; iris light hazel" {T. E. Bucldeij). Total length 

 7 inches, ciilmeu 0-75, wing 3'35, tail 2'4, tarsns 1. 



JIah. 8.E. Africa from 8wazi Land to the Makalaka Country and 

 Mashoona Land, and probably extending through Central Eastern 

 Africa to Lake Tanganyika. 



a. 2 ad.sk. Swazi Land, June 22, 1876 {T. E. Shelley Coll. 



Buckley), 

 b-d. 5 ad. sk. Makalaka Country {Dr. Bradshaw). Shelley Coll. 



e. (S ad. sk. Umvuli Kiver, Sept. 11 {J. S. Jame- Shelley Coll. 



aoii). (Type of species.) 



9. Hyphantornis castaneiceps. (Plate XIII. fig. 5.) 

 Ploceus aureoflavus {nee Smith), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 367. 



Adult. Similar to if. aureijlavvs but smaller, darker and more 

 olive-green, and having the crown light chestnut or bay, forming a 

 cap ; wings and tail-feathers dingy olive-brown, with a very narrow 

 fringe of yellow along either web. Total length 5-8 inches, culmen 

 0"6.5, wing '3, tail 2-15, tarsus 0*85. 



Nab. Teita district, E. Africa. 



«. (S ad. sk. Taveta. II. C. V. Hunter, Esq. [P.]. 



19, Hyphantornis bojeri. (Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 



Xanthophilus aureoHavus {ncc Suiith), Beichenh. Sh/f/v. p. 84, Taf. .xlii. 



tig. 312 (1861)._ 

 Hyphantornis bojeri, Finsch S,- Hartl. in Cab. Von der Decken's 



^Beis. iii. p. 32 (1869) ; iid. ToV/. 0.stafr. p. 402 (1870) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 41, r.o. 6572 (1870) ; Cab. J. f. O. 1878, p. 231 ; 



Fischer ^- Beiehen. J. f. O. 1879, p. 350; Gvrney, Ibis, 1881, 



p. 127; Fischer, Zeitsehr. yes. Orn. i. p. 331 (1884); id. J. f. O. 



1885, p. 1.33. 

 Ploceus bojeri, Beiehen. Zool. Jahrh. i. p. 120 (1869) ; Shelley, Ibis, 



1887, p. 26. 



Adult male. General colour above yellow, brighter on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts like the back, the median aud 

 greater series with brighter yellow edges ; quills aud tail-feathers 

 olive-brown, externally edged with yellow, and having a margin of 

 clear yellow to the inner web; entire head rich orange all round, 

 this colour extending on to the throat aud fore neck ; remainder of 



