450 PLOCEID^. 



12. Hyphantornis grandis. 



Ploceus collaris («ec V.), Fraser, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 142 ; id. Zool. Typ. 



pi. 45 (1800) ; Alien S,- Thomps. Erp. Nu/er, ii. p. 409 (1848). 

 Ilyphantornis giaiidis, Grin/, den. B. ii. p. .-'.SI (1849) ; Hartl. Orn. 



'Wc'stafr. pp. 125, 273 (185(5); id J.f. O. 18G1, p. 175; Sharpe, 



P. Z. 'S. 1869, p. 5G4 ; Grm/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 41, no. 6562 (1870) ; 



Suiiza, Jom. Lisb. 1888, p. 157. .-.onN 



Ploceus prandis, Reichmh. Singv. p. 8.3, Taf. xl. fig. 307 (1801) ; 



Reiclmi. Zuol. Jahrb. i. p. 141 (1886) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 35. 



Achilt male. Geueral colour above olive-yellow, the scapulars like 

 tlie back, but the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brighter 

 and more golden yellow ; lesser wing-coverts like the back, the 

 median and greater coverts blackish, edged with bright yellow, the 

 median series v/ith a broad tip of the latter colour ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, edged with olive-yellow, 

 the innermost secondaries with brighter yellow ; tail-feathers dusky 

 brown, washed with olive-yellow on the edges ; crown of head black, 

 as well as the sides of face and throat ; the nape, hind neck, and 

 sides of neck chestnut, forming a collar, which extends across the 

 fore neck ; remainder of under surface of body golden yellow, with 

 a slight wash of chestnut on the sides of the body ; under wing- 

 coverts golden yellow : quills below dusky, yellowish along the inner 

 edge. Total length 8 inches, culmen I'l, wing 4*5, tail 2-6, 

 tarsus 1'15. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 brown, ^vashed with olive-yellow ; the feathers of the mantle and 

 upper back dusky brown in the centres, with olive-yellow margins ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more uniform ashy brown, 

 slightly washed with olive ; lesser wing-coverts ashy brown, washed 

 with olive ; median and greater coverts blackish, edged with yellow 

 and white at the ends ; remainder of wings and tail-feathers as in 

 the male ; crown of head brown, with slightly indicated darker 

 centres ; hind neck rather lighter brown, tinged with rufous ; sides 

 of face, ear-coverts, and cheeks olive-brown, the latter a little 

 lighter ; throat and chest whitish, washed with yellow, inclining to 

 reddish brown on the sides of the neck ; breast and abdomen white, 

 as well as the thighs and under tail-covcrts ; sides of body and 

 flanks clear brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, with 

 yellow edges ; quills below dusky, yellowish along the inner edge. 

 Total length 7-2 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-05, tail 2-35, tarsus 

 1-05. 



Jlab. Island of S. Thomas, West Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. [S. Thomas.] Sir E. Sabine [P.]. 



b,c.(^2 f"i- sk. S. Thomas. L. Fraser [C.]. (Types 



of P. collaris, Fras., and of //. grandis, Gray.) 

 d-f/. d 2 ad. sk. S. Thomas. Lisbon Museum [P.j. 



