Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 17 



120. Ploceus flavicans. 



Foudia flavicans,E. Newton, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 47, pi. 1. 

 figs. 1, 2, Eodriguez Island. 



Ploceus flavicans, Sclil. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 424. 

 Hab. Island of Rodriguez. 



121. Ploceus seychellensis. 



Foudia seychellarum, E. Newton, Ibis, 1865, p. 353, note, 

 Marianne Island. 

 Hab. Seychelles. 



122. Ploceus rubriceps. 



Ploceus (Hyphantornis) rubriceps, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.- 

 Ak. Fork. Stockli. 1850, p. 97, Limpopo. 



Sycobius rubriceps, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 438. 



Anaplectes rubriceps, Reiclib. Singvog. 1861, p. 87. 



Malimbus rubriceps, Elliot, Ibis, 1876, p. 466, pi. 13. 

 fig. 2,c?. 



Sharpia ayresi, Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 353, pi. 7. fig. 2. 



Hab. S. Africa: Matabele and Transvaal. 



The type of my Sharpia ayresi agrees perfectly with two 

 other specimens I have examined in the British and Berlin 

 Museums, supposed to be females of P. ruficeps, and I have 

 been led to consider that my type was either not in full 

 plumage or a female, although it was sexed as a male by 

 Mr. T. Ayres, who is generally most accurate, and both he 

 and Mr. J. S. Jameson, who were present when it was shot 

 out of a colony then breeding, assured me they never saw a 

 red-headed specimen. 



123. Ploceus gurneyi. (Plate I. fig. 1.) 



Sycobius rubriceps, Bocage (nee Sundev.), Jorn. Lisboa, 

 1877, p. 275. 



Hab. Benguela. 



This species is very similar to P. rubriceps, from which it 

 differs in having the ear-coverts black, slightly washed with 

 red. The chin, space in front of the eyes, and the front and 

 upper portion of the cheeks black. Length 6*1 inches, 

 culmen 0*6, wing 3*3, tail 2*3, tarsus 0*8. 



The type specimen, labelled Caconda (Anchieta), was pre- 



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