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1851. Hijphanturgus, Cab. t. c. p. 182. P. ocularius. 



1860. Calyphantria, Heiue^ J. £. O. 



1860^ p. 144 (nom. emend, pro 



Foudia) P. madagascariensis. 



1861. Ploceolus, Keiclib. Singvog. p. 77 P. luteolus. 

 1861. Xanthophilus, Reichb. t. c. p. 84 P. aureoflavus. 

 1861. Oreolinus, Reichb. t. c. p. 84 . P. subaureus. 

 1861. Anaplectes, Reichb. t. c. p. 86 . P. melanotis. 

 1874. Ploc'eella, Oates in Hume's Nests 



& Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 443 . . P. hypoxanthus. 

 1878. Sharpia, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 



1878, p. 258 P. angolemis. 



1881. Icteropsis, Pelz. Verb, zool.-bot. 



Ges. Wien, 1881, p. 149 . . P. ocularius. 

 1885. Melanopteryx, Reichen. Zool. 



Jabrb. Jena, i. 1886, p. 125. P. nigerrimus. 

 1885. Cinnamopteryx, Reichen. t. c. 



p. 126 P. castaneofuscus. 



Key to the Groups. 



A. Breast grey, pale browu, olive, or red. Sexes 



dissimilar iu plumage I. 'Foudia ' Group. 



B. Breast white. Bill slender and generally 



orange-red; when blackish the throat is 



white II. Anaplectes Group. 



C. Breast entirely yellow, Entire upper parts 



and sides of the head black or brownish 

 black. Bill rather slender and bluish, 

 paler towards the cutting-edges. Sexes 

 similar in plumage III. Symplectes Groxip. 



D. Breast yellow or white. Throat yellow. 



Sides of the head black. BiU black and [throated Group, 



moderately strong IV. Black-eared Yelloio- 



E. Breast yellow. Sides of the head yellow, 



with a black band through the eye in 

 both sexes. Males with the throat black ; 

 females with the throat yellow. Bill 

 rather slender and black V. Hyphanturgus Group. 



F. Entire underparts bright yellow. Witli no 



black on the head. Bill black and variable 



in strength, Sexes similar in plumage , . VI. Yellvw Group. 



