468 



rLOCKID."E. 



29. Hyphantornis heuglini. 



Texfor atrogularis (ncc Voif/t), mm/I. J.f. 0. 1864, p. 24-5. 

 Hyphantornis atrooularis (nvc J'ou/t), Ilevgl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 387 ! 



id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. pt. 2, p. 559, pi. six. (1870) ; Shelley, Ibis, 



188.3, p. 550 ; S'harpe, Journ. Linn. Sue. xvii. p. 426 (1884)'. 

 Ilvphnntornis tajiiioptera (pt.), Grai/, Ilond-l. li. ii. p. 42, no. 6583 



"(1870). 

 rioceus lieiiglini, lieichen. Zool. Jahrh. i. p. 147 (1886) ; Hartl. op. 



cit. ii. p. 3:^0 (1887) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 30. 



Adult male. Similar to H. tmiioptenis and having the black of 

 the throat brought down to the base of the tore neck, as in that 

 species. The ear-covcrts, however, are black, and not chestnut, the 

 hinder ear-coverts beiug yellow like the sides of the neck. The 

 head is like that of true //. vltellinus but has no chestnut, nor is the 

 base of the forehead black : " bill black ; feet fleshy ; iris buffy 

 ■white " (7r. A. Forbes). Total length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 

 2-75, tail 1-7, tarsus 0-8. 



Hah. AVest Africa from the Gambia to the Niger, across to the 

 Niam Niam Country and Equatorial Africa. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Kiver Gambia. Forbes Coll. 



b. Jad.sk. Lokoja, River Niger (Jr. ^. i-^.). Forbes Coll. 



c. cJ ad. sk. Sassa, Niam Niam Country, Sept. F. BohndorfE [C] . 



30. Hyphantornis spilonotus. 



Ploceus spilonotus, Vie/ors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 92; Sinith, III. Zool. S. 



Afr., Birds, pi. 66. 'tig. 1 (1841); Gurjiey, Ibis, 1860, p. 312; 



lieichen. Zool. Jahrh. i. p. 139 (1886) ; Shelley, Ibis, 1887, p. 29. 

 Ploceus stictouotus, Smith, S. Afr. Q. Journ. 1831, p. 11. 

 Ploceus flaviceps («ec Vuv.), Swains. B. W. Afr. li. p. 259, pi. 32 



(1837). 

 Hvphantornis spilonota. Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 351 (1849) ; Hartl. 



'Orn. W.-Afr. p. 125 (1857) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 23 ; Lnyard, B. 



S. Afr. p. 181 (1867) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 40, no. 6558 (1870) ; 



Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 79 ; Sharpe, ed. Bayard's B. S. Afr. pp. 437, 



847 (1884) ; Butler, Feilden, |- Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 297. 

 Ploceus chrysostictos, Licht. MSS. ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 441 (1850). 

 Textor spilonotus, Bp. Omsp. i. p. 441 (1860). 

 Hyphantornis spiuonota, Licht. Nomencl. p. 50 (1854). 

 Ploceus cyclospilos, Beiehenb. Sinyv. p. 80, pi. xxxviii. figs. 295, 296 



(1851). 

 Ploceus braudti, Beiehenb. t. c. p. 82, pi. xl. fig. 306 (1861). 

 Hyphantornis braudti. Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 41, no. 0570 (1870). 



Adult male. General colour above black, spotted all over with 

 yellow ends to the feathers, the rump more iiuiform ashy brown ; 

 the scapulars more distinctly tipped M'ith yellow ; upper tail-coverts 

 olive-yellow tipped with brighter yellow ; wing-coverts black, broadly 

 edged with yellow, whitish at the ends of the median and greater 

 coverts ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, edged 

 with olive-yellow, the inner secondaries whitish on the margins and 

 the ends ; tail-feathers light olive-lu-own, edged with olive-yellow, 

 the inner web also margined with yellow ; crown of head and nape 

 brilliant yellow ; lores and a narrow line above the eye, feathers 



