Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 19 



Hab. E. Africa : between about 2° N. lat. and 7° S. lat. ; 

 from Wito to Ugogo. 



127. Ploceus stictifrons. 



Sycohrotus bicolor, F. & H. (nee Vieill.), Vog. Ostafr. 1870, 

 p. 403, Zambesi (Livingstone). 



Symplectes stictifrons, Fisch. & Reich. J. f. 0. 1885, p. 373, 

 Lindi (type exam.). 



Hab. E. Africa; from the Rovnma to the Zambesi. 



The type in the Berlin Museum agrees perfectly with a 

 specimen in my own collection procured by Mr. Joseph 

 Thomson near the Rovuma river, which bird has the wing 

 3-5 inches long. In the British Museum there are three 

 specimens collected in the Shire valley by the Livingstone 

 Expedition ; these measure in the Avings 3*1, 3*1, 3*25 inches ; 

 they are small and rather pale in the colouring beneath, and 

 although otherw^ise similar to the type in plumage, they 

 show, I consider, signs of immaturity in the structure of 

 some of the feathers, and in the colouring of their bills at the 

 gape. They may ultimately prove to be a small pale-breasted 

 subspecies. 



128. Ploceus bicolor. 



"^ Pyranga icteromelas, Vieill. N. D. xxviii. 1818, p. 291, 

 America ! 



Ploceus bicolor, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 127, Senegal. 



Fringilla gregalis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 23, Kaf- 

 fraria. 



Ploceus chrysogaster, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 92, inland 

 from Algoa Bay. 



Symplectes chrysomus, Swains. B. W. Afr, i. 1837, p. 170, 

 S. Africa. 



Euphodes wanthosomus, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. 1837, 

 pi. 10, S. Afr. 



Hyphantornis chrysogastra, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 

 1849, p. 351. 



Sycobius gregalis, Gray & Mitchell, t. c. p. 352. 



Sycobius bicolor. Gray & Mitchell, 1. c. 



Symplectes bicolor, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 439. 



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