51. HTPHANTORNIS, 



469 



round eye, sides of face, tlie ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat black, 

 narrowing down into a pointed lino on the fore neck and chest ;' 

 sides of neck, sides of lower throat, and under surface of body brilliant 

 yellow, pale on the under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts ; quills 

 below i)ale brown, yellow along the inner edge: "bill brownish 

 black ; feet flesh-coloured, tinted with brown ; claws a pale brown- 

 colour ; iris deep vermilion red " (Sir A. Smith). Total length 6-2 

 inches, eulmen OS, wing 3-45, tail 2, tarsus 0-95. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Ashy brown above, 

 streaked with dusky-brown centres to the feathers of the back and 

 scapulars ; lower back and rump uniform ashy brown ; upper tail- 

 coverts and tail pale brown washed with olive-yellow, especially the 

 former ; wings as in the male, but with the yellow less bright ; 

 head and neck olive-yellow, with dusky centres to the feathers ; a 

 distinct eyebrow of pale yellow; sides efface light yellow, olive 'on 

 the ear-coverts ; cheeks and under surface of body pale yellow, 

 whiter on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; lower flanks and' 

 thighs light brown tinged with yellow ; under wing-coverts pale 

 yellow, with a patch of brown near the edge of the wing ; quills 

 dusky brown, yellow along the inner edge. Total length S-z'inches, 

 eulmen 0-8, wing 3-25, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-9. 



YoHiir/ birds are light ashy brown on the under surface, with only 

 the throat and sides of the face yellow ; upper surface as in the 

 adult female. 



Hab. S.E. Africa. 



a. 2 ad. sk. 



b. (S ad. sk. 



c. (1. c? 9 ad. sk. 

 e. c? ad. sk. 



/. c? ad. sk. 

 (f. d" ad. sk. 

 h, i. J imni. at 2 



ad. sk. 

 k, I, m. cJ; n, o,p. 



$ ad. et imm. sk. 

 q. S ad. sk. 

 r. (S ad. sk. 

 s. $ ad. sk. 



S.E. Afiica. 

 Kingwilliamstown. 



Elands' Post {T. C. At more). 



Natal. 



Natal (J. WaMberg). 



Natal. 



Durban, April. 



Pinetown, Feb., March, July, 



Oct. (T. L. A>/re.^). 

 Weenen, Dec. 19 (T. Arnold). 

 Buffalo River. 



Swazi-Laud, Jidy 25 (T". £. 

 Suckle I/). 



SirA. Smith [C.]. 

 Major H. Trevelvan 



[P.]. 

 Sliarpe Coll. 

 Forbes Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Dr. Gueinzius [0.1. 

 SheUey Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Shelley CoU. 

 Sharpe Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 



31. Hyphantornis spekii. 



Ilyphantornis baglafecht (iico V.), Bli/f/i, J. A. S. Beng. xsiv p 301 

 (18o6); Hartl. Orn. W.-Afr. p.' 270 (1857); Scl. Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 246; Grag, Hand-l. B.n.i^. Al, no. mQo(lS70). 



Plyphar.tornis spekii, Heiigl. in Peterm. Mitth. 1861, p. 24 ; id. Orn 

 N.O.-Afr. i. p. 559 (1870); Finsch 6r Hartl. Vin;. Odafr. p. 394 

 (1870) ; Sahad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 188 (1884). 



Hyphantornis somaleusis, Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 379. 



Ilyphantoruis somalicus, Finsch, J.f. O. 1808, p. 169. 



Hyphantornis meloxit, Antin. MSS., teste Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov 

 (2) i. p. 188 (1884). 



Ploceus spekii, Reiclien. Zool. Jahrb. i. p. 146 (1886) ; SMley, Ibis 

 1887, p. 29. X ./»./, , 



