PloceicUe of the Ethiopian Region. 5 



110. Plocepasser superciliosus. 



Ploceus superciliosus, Hiipp. Cretzschm. Atlas, 1826, p. 24j 

 pi. 15, Kordofan. 



Agrophilus superciliosus, Swains. B. W. Afr. i, 1837, p. 209. 



Plocepasser superciliosus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, p. 78. 



Passer rilppeli, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 510. 



Philagrus super ciliaris, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, 

 pp. 536, cxxviii. 



Hab. N.E. and W. Africa. Between about 16° and 9°N. 

 lat. ill E. Africa and Senegambia. 



111. Plocepasser mahalt. 



Plocepasser mahali. Smith, Rep. Exp. Expl. Centr. Afr. 

 183G, p. 51, N. of Orang-e river; id. 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1841, 

 pi. 65. 



Leucophrys pileatus. Swains. Class. B. ii. 1837, p. 287, 

 fig. 262 (bead). 



Philagrus mahali. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 179. 



Agrophilus hamatocephalus , Licht. Noioencl. 1854, p. 50 

 (type exam.). 



Plocepasser pileatus, Layard, B. S. Afr. 1867, p. 187. 



Hab. S. Africa, north of about 30° S. lat., Matabele, 

 Transvaal, Griqualand, Damara, Lake Ngami, and Benguela. 



There is a black-billed specimen in the British Museum, 

 collected by Mr. Gates in Matabele-land, which is nearly 

 intermediate between this form and P. melanorhynchus. 



112. Subsp. a. Plocepasser melanorhynchus. 

 Plocepasser melanorhynchus, Biipp. Syst. Uebers. 1845, 



p. 78, Shoa. 



Ploceus superciliosus, Des Murs (nee Riipp.) in Lefebvre's 

 Voy. Abyss. 1845-50, p. 110, Atlas, jjI. 9. fig. 2. 



Agrop)hilus melanorhynchus, Licht. Nomencl. 1854, p. 50. 



Plocepasser mahali, Antin. (nee Smith), Cat. 1864, p. 67. 



Philagrus mahali, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. 1871, p. 537. 



Philagrus melanorhynchus, Heugl. t. c. p. 538^ ph 31, 

 A pp. p. cxxviii. 



Hab. N.E. and E. Africa. Between about 13 N. lat. and 

 2'^ S. lat., from Abyssinia to Ukambani. 



