20 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



Sycohrotus bicolor, Cab. Mus. Heiu. i. 1851, p. 182. 



Hyphantornis bicolor, Fiusch, J. f. O. 1867, p. 247. 



Symplectes chry soy aster, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 373. 



Hab. S. and W. Africa. In S. Africa it is only known from 

 the Transvaal, Natal, and the eastern portion of Cape Colony, 

 but in W. Africa it has been recorded from Angola, Abhor 

 on the Niger, Sierra Leone, Casamanse, and Senegambia. 



a, $. 'W . My. {Maidstone Mus.). b. Cape of Good Hope 

 (type of Euphodes xanthosomus) . 



In the Paris Museum I was shown what was said to be 

 the type of Ploceus bicolor. All the specimens I have seen 

 agree perfectly with Natal birds, so that I cannot agree with 

 Dr. Reichenow (J. f. O. 1885, p. 373) in considering the 

 S.- African bird distinct from Ploceus bicolor, and that the 

 plumage described as Sycobrotus amaurocephalus , Cab., is the 

 typical W. -African form. 



With regard to the synonymy, all the names except those 

 given by Vieillot, and S. amaurocephalus, Cab., have been 

 bestowed on S. -African skins, 



129. Ploceus amaurocephalus. 



Sycobrotus amaurocephalus, Cab, J. f. O. 1880, p. 349, 

 pi. 31. fig. 1, Angola. 



Symplectes amaurocephalus, Bocage, Orn. Angola, 1881, 

 p. 558. 



Hab. W. Africa, Angola. 



I have not seen the type, so have kept it separate from 

 P. bicolor ; but from the figure and description, and the fact 

 of there only being one specimen recognized, I much doubt 

 its specific distinctness from P. bicolor. 



130. Ploceus baglafect. 



Ploceus baglafect, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 127. 



Ploceus melanotis, Guer, (nee Lafr.), Rev. Zool. 1843, 

 p. 321 ; Mull. Descr. Nouv. Ois. d'Afr. part iv. 1854, pi. 2, 

 head. 



Ploceus auricularis, Flor. Prevost in Lefebvre^s Voy. 

 Abyss. 1845, Atlas, pi. 2. fig. 1 (type exam., Paris Mus.). 



