14 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



e^. Back yellow and jet-black. 



li^. Upper back evenly mottled, owing 

 to all the feathers being black with 

 broad yellow ends. 

 0*. Black of the head and throat sur- 

 rounded by chestnut, which ex- 

 tends over a portion of the chest . 162, P. cinctus. 

 p'^. Black of the head and throat sur- 

 rounded by yellow 1G3. P. niyriceps. 



P. Upper back with a central angular 

 yellow patch, some of the feathers 

 being entirely yellow, and with a 

 broad black band down the sca- 

 pulars, some of the feathers being 

 entirely black. 

 5*. With the black of the head en- 

 tirely sm-rounded by a band of 



deep chestnut 164. P. cicciiUatt/.'t. 



r*. With the black of the head not 

 siuTounded by chestnut. Nape 

 yellowish chestnut 165. P. ahyssinicus. 



H. Daek-coloitbed Gbotjp, 



a. Wings and tail brown, with pale edges to 

 the feathers. Head and neck black, entire 



body chestnut 166. P. ruhiginosus. 



h. Wings and tail uniform black. 



6^ Back, abdomen, and under tail- coverts 



chestnut. Head, neck, and chest black . 167. P.castaneofuscus. 

 c\ Lower back black. 



c^. Portion of the plumage chestnut. 



c^. With a large yellow patch on the 

 upper back. Breast bright chest- 

 nut. Head, neck, thighs, and under 



tail-coverts black 168. P. tricolor, S ad. 



d^. Head, neck, part of upper back, 

 and the breast yellowish chestnut, 

 shading into dusky brown on the 

 flanks, abdomen, and under tail- 

 coverts P. tricolor, $ vel juv. 



d/^. Entire plumage black 169. P. niyerrimus. 



115. Ploceus nelicourvi. 



Parvus nelicourvi, Scop. Flor.'et Faun. Insub. 1786, p. 96. 



Loxia pensilis, Gm. S. N. i. 1788, p. 860. 



