51. nvraAXTOENis. 457 



g. <S ad. sk. Tangani, Aug. 21. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



/*, I, A;. cJ 5 ad. sk. Lamo {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



I, m. d 2 ad, sk. Melioda {Sir J. Kirk). ShelleV Coll. 



n,o. d ad.sk. Usambara Hills (.SV/- J. 7v7rA). Shelley Coll. 



p. c?; q, r. J ad. Dar-es-Salaam {Sir J. Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



sk. 



s, t. c? 5 ad. sk. Mozambique. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



u. c? ad. sk. Zauibesi {Chapman). Sharpe Coll. 



V. 5 ad. sk. Tete, Zambesi [^Sir J. Kirk). Livingstoue Exped. 



18. Hyphantornis melanocephalus. 



The Gamboa Grosbeak, AJbin, Xat. II. B. iii. p. q^, pi. 62 (1740, 



fig. pess.). 

 Le Grosbec de Gamble, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 230 (1760). 

 Loxia melanocephala, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 306 (17G6) ; Gm. Syst. 



Nat. i. p. 859 (1788). 

 Gambia Grosbeak, Lath. Gsn. Syn. ii. pt. i. p. 149 (1783). 

 Coccothraustes melauocepbala, Vieill. N. Diet. (VHist. Nat. xiii. p. 529 



(1817). 

 Ploceus cucullatus, {nee MiUl), Swaitis. B. W. Afr. p. 261 (1837) ; 



id. An. in. Menag. p. .S07 (1837). 

 Hyphantornis cucullntu , Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; Hartl. 



'Urn. W.-Afr. p. 125 (1857). 

 Textor cucullatus, Bp. Consp. i. p. 441 (1850). 

 Hyphantornis sp., Gray, Iland-l. B. ii. p. 41, no 6559 (1870). 

 Ploceus duboisi, Hartl. Bull. Mas. R. Bely. iv. p. 144, pi. iv. fig. 1 



(1886) ; Dubois, t. c. p. 148; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 33. 

 Ploceus melanoceplialus, Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 33. 



Adult male. General colour above uniform olive-yoUow, a little 

 brighter on the rump ; lesser wing-coverts like the back ; median 

 coverts blackish, broadly tipped with bright yellow : greater coverts 

 dusky brown, edged with whity brown ; bastard-wing, primary- 

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

 yellow on the primaries and inner secondaries ; tail-feathers 

 olive-brown, edged with olive-yellow ; crown of head and nape 

 black ; sides of neck and hind ueck orange-yellow forming a collar ; 

 eye or eyelid, sides of face, ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat as well as 

 the centre of the fore neck black : sides of fore neck, chest, and 

 remainder of under surface bright orange-yeUow, a little paler towards 

 the abdomen ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow, as also 

 the quill-lining. Total length 0-2 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3, 

 tail 1-9, tarsus Q-S. 



Hah. West Africa from Seneganibia to the Niger, and extending 

 into the Upper Congo Ilegiou. P. duboisi seems to me to be this 

 species, as suspected also by Capt. Shelley. 



a. c? ad. sk. West Africa. Sir A. Smith. 



b. (S ad. sk. Senegambia. Purchased. 



e. c? ad.sk. HWerGamhia {Capt. Moloney). Shelley Coll. 



d. cJ ad. sk. River Gambia. Dr. Eendall [C.]. 



e. (S imm. sk. Shonga, K. Niger ( W. A. F.) Forbes Coll. 



