Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 15 



Ploceus pensilis, VicilL N. D. xxxiv. 1819^ p. 128; Milne- 

 Edw. & Grandid. Hist. Madag. Ois., Atlas, ii. pis. 179, 180. 



Ploceus nelicourvi, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 352. 



Nelicurvius pensilis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 439. 



Htjphantornis pensilis, Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1 877, p. 210. 



Nelicurvius nelicourvi, Bartlett, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 771. 



Hab. E. and N.W. Madagascar. 



" Parvus/' Scop., being an adjective, cannot be employed 

 for a genus and, besides, it was no doubt an error for Parus. 



116. Ploceus sakalava. 



Ploceus sakalava, Hartl. Faun. Madag. 1861, p. 54; Milne- 

 Edw. & Grandid. Hist. Madag. Ois., Atlas, ii. pis. 177a, 

 178 ; Reicheu. Zool. Jalirb. Jena, i. 1886, pi. 5. fig. 2. 



Hab. W. Madagascar. 



117. Ploceus eminentissimus. 



Foudia eminentissima, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 446, E. A£r. 

 (type exam.) ; J. Verr. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. iii. 1867, p. 7, 

 pi. 2. fig. 2, Zanzibar. 



Ploceus algonda, Poll. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 423, Mayotte ; 

 Poll. & Schl. Faun. Madag. pi. 34. 



Calyphantria comorensis, Cab. V. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. 

 1869, p. 31, pi. 10, Mayotte. 



Caly23hantrla eminentissima, Cab. 1. c. 



Foudia algonda, Hartl. Vog. Madag. 1877, p. 216. 



Foudia comorensis, Hartl. t. c. p. 217. 



Hab. E. Africa and Comoro Islands. Zanzibar Island, 

 Zambesi, and the islands of Mayotte, Anjuan, and Great 

 Comoro. 



I examined in the Paris Museum some specimens of this 

 species, collected by M. Humblot in Great Comoro, with a 

 new MS. name on the labels, which I trust may never be 

 published. 



118. Ploceus madagascariensis. 



Bruant de I' Isle de Bourbon, Daub. PI. Enl. 321. 

 Loxia madagascariensis, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 300. 



