Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 21 



Hyphayitornis guermi, Gray, Gen. B. ii. 1849_, p. 351 ; 

 Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pi. 11. fig. 3, head. 



Textor melanotis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 442. 



Ploceus melanogenys, Miill. Naum. 1851, p. 28, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Ploceus aurantius, Heugl. (nee Vieill.) Syst. Uebers. 1856, 

 p. 38. no. 360. 



Ploceus leucophthalmus , Heugl. 1. c. no. 378. 



Ploceolus melanotis, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 78, pi. 37. 

 fig. 286. 



Hyphantornis melanotis, Blanf. Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, 

 p. 403. 



Hyphantornis temporalis, Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1880, p. 244, 

 Caconda. 



Symplectes baglafecht, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 373. 



Hab. N.E. and S. Africa: Bogos, Abyssinia, Shoa, and 

 Caconda in Benguela. 



a,^ ; b,^ . May, Senafe [Blanf ord, Brit. Mus.) , c, ^ . 

 January, Shoa. 



In the characters given ior Hyphantornis temp or a lis, Socage, 

 I see none to separate it from the present species. 



131. Ploceus emini. 



Sycobrotus emini, Hartl. Orn. Centralbl. 1882, p. 92 j id. 

 J. f. 0. 1882, pi. 1. fig. 1, c?, 2, ? , Agaru {Emin Bey). 

 Hyphantornis emini, Hartl. J. f. O. 1882, p. 322. 

 Symplectes emini, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 373. 

 Hab. N.E. Africa : Upper White Nile, about 5° N. lat. 

 a, ? . April; b,^ , c, ^ , May, Agaru {.Emin Bey). 



132. Ploceus reichenowi. 



Sycobrotus reichenoivi, Fisch. J. f. O. 1884, j). 180, Lake 

 Naiwascha. 



Hyphanturgus reichenoivi, Fisch. Zeitsch. ges. Orn. (Ma- 

 darasz), 1884, p. 330, 



Symplectes reichenowi, Reichen. J. f. O. 1885, p. 373. 



Hab. E. Africa, south of the equator to about 4° S. lat. 



Mr. H. H. Johnston found it abundant in the Kilimanjaro 

 Mountains. 



