51, nrpniNTORNis, 455 



15. Hyphantornis bohndorffi. 



Ploceus cucullatus (nee MiilL), Dubois, Bull. Mm. R. Belcj. iv. p. 14d 



(18S6J. 

 Ploceus bohndorffi, Seichen. J.f. O. 1887, pp. 214, 307. 



Adult male. Similar to H. ahyssincius, but with the black on the 

 head a little more extended and reaching nearly to the nape : " bill 

 black; feet light brown; iris red" (F. Bolindorff). Total length 

 7 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 3" 45, tail 2, tarsus 1*1. 



Huh. Upper Congo. 



16. Hyphantornis coUaris. 



Ploceus collaris, Vieill. N. Diet, d'llist. Nat. xxxiv. p. 129 (1819) ; id. 



Enc. Meth. 'in. p. 699 (1823). 

 Hyphantornis collaris, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; Ilartl. Orn. 



W.-Afr. p. 120 (1856). 

 Ilj^hautornis ciucta, Cass. Proc. Philad. Acad. 1859, p. 133 ; id. 



Journ. Philad. Acad. i. p. 184, pi. 23. fig. 2 (1862) ; Munt. P. Z. 8. 



1865, p. 93 ; Gray, Uandr-l. B. ii. p. 41, no. G506 (1870) ; Sharpe, 



P. Z. !S. 1870, p. 114, 1873, p. 717 ; id. 8f Bouv. Bull. Soc. Zuol, 



France, i. p. 47 (1876) ; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1877, p. 26 ; Bocaye, Orn. 



Anyola, p. 323 (1881). 

 Ploceus ductus, Reichenb. Sinyv. p. 80 (1861) ; Reichen. Zuol. Jahrb, 



i. p. 136 (1886); id. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 305; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, 



p. 35. 

 Hyphantornis gamblensis, Reichen. Corr. Afrik. Ges. 1874, p. 181. 



Adult male. General colour above yellow, the whole of the mantle 

 and scapulars mottled with black bases to the feathers ; the lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts more uniform, the long coverts 

 being ashy brown, yellow at the ends ; lesser wing-coverts greenish 

 yellow; median and greater coverts as well as the inner secondaries 

 black, rather broadly edged with bright yellow ; bastard-wing, 

 primary-coverts, and quills blackish, edged narrowly with yellow ; 

 tail-feathers olive-brown, margined with olive-yellow ; crown of 

 head, nape, and hind neck black ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat 

 black, descending to a point on the fore neck ; sides of fore 

 neck deep chestnut, spreading on to the chest and sides of neck ; 

 remainder of under surface of body bright yellow, becoming a little 

 paler on the abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts pale yellow ; quills below dusky, yellowish along the inner 

 edge: "bill black; feet flesh-coloured; iris red" {J. Anchieta). 

 Total length 0-5 inches, culmen 0-S, wing 3-35, tail 2-05, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Very similar to the female of H. cucullatus, greyish 

 brown on the back, strongly mottled with blackish-brown centres to 

 the feathers ; the head yellowish green ; throat and chest lemon- 

 yellow ; breast and abdomen white, with a few yellow feathers ; 

 sides of body ashy brown. Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-75 

 wing 3*2, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-9. 



Hub. West Africa, from Gaboon to Bcnguela. 



