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under surface of body bright 3ellow, including the under wing- 

 coverts and quill-lining : " bill black ; feet dark fiesh-colour ; iris 

 yellowisb red " {G. A. Fischer). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-65, 

 wing 2-85, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-85. 



A young male, according to Dr. Fischer, had the upper mandible 

 horn-brown, the lower one clear yellowish ; feet buff ; iris 

 brown. 



Hah. East Africa. 



a, b. cJ ad. sk. Mombasa {Wakefield). Rev. A. F. Buxton 



[P.]. 



c. S fid. sk. Mombasa Island, July {Dr. Shelley Coll. 



Hildehrandt). 



11. Hyphantornis princeps. 



Symplectes princeps, Bj). Consp. i. p. 439 (1850) ; Cas^. Proc. Philad. 



Acad. 1855, p. 439 ; Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p. 134 (1857) ; Dohrn, 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 328 ; ShariJe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 60 (1871) ; Dubois, 



Bull. Mas. Rmj. Belg. iv. p. 148 (1886). 

 Hvphantornis princeps, Reichenb. Si7igv. p. 87 (1861) ; Gray, Hand-l. 



B. ii. p. 43, no. 6592 (1869). 

 Ploceus princeps, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 24. 



Adult male. General colour above bright yellow, very faintly 

 mottled with dusky bases to the feathers of the back and scapulars ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more uniform : wing- 

 coverts and quills blackish, edged with yellow, except on the pri- 

 maries, which are margined with olive-yellow ; tail-feathers ashy 

 brown edged with yellow ; crown of head and hind neck as well as 

 the sides of the neck light bay or chestnut ; eyebrow, feathers 

 round eye, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and under surface of 

 body brilliant yellow ; chin, sides of the face, and the fore neck and 

 chest slightly washed with chestnut ; sides of body and flanks 

 slightly washed with tawny ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellowish white with brighter yellow margins ; quills below dusky, 

 yellowish or tawny along the inner edge. Total length 6-8 inches, 

 culmen 0-9, wing 3-4, tail 2, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Duller yellow than the male and having the head 

 like the back, with a yellow eyebrow, followed by a dusky streak 

 from the lores through the eye ; no orange or chestnut on the sides 

 of the face or throat, these parts being yellow, which colour extends 

 to the sides of the breast, and becomes isabelline-brown on the lower 

 flanks ; thighs pale yellow ; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries yellow ; quills 

 dusky below, yellow along the inner webs. Total length 7 inches, 

 culmen 0-9, wing 3-4, tail 2-1, tarsus 1. 



Hah. West Africa from Lagos to Gaboon and the interior of the 

 Congo State ; Prince's Island. 



a. S ad. sk. Prince's Island. Purchased. 



6, c. c? 2 ad. sk. Prince's Island {A. Dohrn). Sharpe Coll 



d, e.S 2 ad. ; /. S Prince's Island {A. Dohrn). Shelley Coll. 

 juv. sk. 



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