4G0 PLOCEIDiE. 



22. Hyphantornis Tjadius. 



Ilvpliantornis badius, Cass. Proc. riiilad. Acad. 1850, p. 57 ; Fmsch, 

 'J. f. O. 1868, p. 108; Heur/l. Om. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 553 (1870); J 



Gi-ai/, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 4:}, no. G601 (1870). ■ 



Ploceiis rufocitrinus, M'uU. Naum. 1851, Ileft iv. p. 28. M 



Ploceus moi-doreus, Less. MSS. ; Bp. Beu. et Mag. Zool. 1855, p. 76. ■ 



Ploceus badius, lieichmb. Shu/v. p. 83, Taf. xli. fig8. 309, 310 (1801) ; ■ 



Seichm. Zool. Jahrb. i. p. 129 (1880) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 34. 



Textor castaneoauratus, ^?i<m. Cat.descrr. Ucc. p. 62 (1864); Salvad. 

 Atti R. Accad. Torino, v. p. 740 (1870). 



Hyphantornis axillaris, Ilcuf/l. J.f. O. 1867, p. 381. 



Ploceus melanocephalus {nee L.), Pr. Wiirtt., Hemjl. J. f. O. 1867, 

 p. 298. 



Ploceus, sp., Ileuffl. J.f. 0. 1867, p. 98. 



Adult male. Head, nape, face, and sides of fore neck shining black ; 

 hinder neck, scapulars, back, rump, sides of neck, breast, upper 

 abdomen, and flanks chestnut on an orange ground ; remainder of 

 abdomen and under wing-coverts orange-yellow, the former some- 

 what washed v\ith chestnut : lesser wing-coverts olive-brown, broadly 

 and conspicuously margined with greenish yellow ; greater wing- 

 coverts and inner secondaries yellow, tinged with chestnut, black 

 in the centre ; wing-coverts of the second order more chestnut, 

 yellow at the base, with an obsolete blackish spot on the inner web ; 

 quills dusky brown, internally broadly, externally narrowly edged 

 with yeUow ; tail-feathers pale olivaceous brown, edged with bright 

 yellow, pale yellowish below ; bill black ; feet reddish. Total 

 length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-7-0-75, wing 2-95-3-05, tail 1-8, 

 tarsus 0-85-0-9. {Von Heuglin). 



Hah. N.E. Africa. 



23. Hyphantornis intermedins.* 



Ploceus intermedius, Piip]>. Si/st. Uehers. pp. 71, 76 (1845) ; Heuql. 



Syst. Uebers. p. 38 (lSb6) { Eeichen. Zool. Jahrb. i. p. 145 (1886, 



pt.) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 32 (pt.) ; ? Peichen. J. f. O. 1887, 



p. 69. 

 r* Ploceus erythrophthalmus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 38 (1856). 

 Hyphantornis intermedia, Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; Heugl. 



Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 6.50, tab. xviii. %. a (1869); Gray, liand-l. 



B. ii. p. 42, no. 6584 (1870) ; Salvad. Aim. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. 



p. 290 (1888). 

 ? Hyphantornis erythrophthalmus, Heugl. J.f. O. 1867, p. 386. 



Adult 7nale (type of species). General colour above dull olive- 

 yellow ; scapulars like the back but with blackish centres ; rump a 

 little brighter than the back ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; 

 lesser wing-coverts dull olive-yellow, with blackish bases ; median 

 and greater coverts blackish, broadly edged with pale yellow or 

 yellowish white ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, 



* Wliat the Hyphantornis 'intermedins from S. Thomas (Souz.a, Jorn. Lisb. 

 1888. p. 157) can be, I do not know, but 1 strongly suspect that it is a differeut 

 species. 



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