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135. Ploceus ocularius. 



Ploceus ocularius, Smithy Proc. S. Afr. Instit. 1828, fide 

 Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1839, pi. 30. fig. 2,S- 



Ploceus gutturalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 92, inland 

 from Delagoa Bay. 



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

 1849, p. 351. 



Hyphantornis ocularia, Gray & Mitchell, 1. c. 



Hyphanturgus ocularius, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1850, p. 182. 



Ploceus ocularis, Gurney (err.), Ibis, 1862, p. 37. 



Hyphantornis ocularis, Ay res, Ibis, 1867, p. 431. 



? Hyphantornis crocata, Hartl. Abhandl. nat. Ver. Brem. 

 vii. 1881, p. 100, Magungo {Emin Bey). 



? Icteropsis crocatayVelz. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1881, 

 p. 149. 



Hab. E., S., and W. Africa : the whole of E. and S. Africa 

 south of about 5° N. lat., and Landana in W. Africa. 



a, (^ . May, Agaru {Emin Bey) ; this would be, I suppose, a 

 typical H. crocata, Hartl. b, (J . Mombas ; p, (J . Zambesi 

 {Brit. Mus.) ; d, ^ . February, Landana {Petit, Shelley 

 Mus.) . 



Dr. Hartlaub informs me by letter that his Hyphantornis 

 crocata is totally distinct from the Icteropsis crocata, Pelz., 

 for which latter species he has therefore suggested the name 

 of Sitagra pelzelni. 



136. Ploceus brachypterus. 



ploceus brachypterus, Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 168, 

 pi. 10, S . 



Ploceus flavigula, Hartl. Rev. Zool. 1845, p. 406, ^ , 

 Accra; Miill. Descr. Ois. d'Afr. 1854, pi. 20. fig. 1. 



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

 1849, p. 351. 



Hyphantornis jiavigula. Gray & Mitchell, 1, c. 



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



Hab. "W. Africa. From the Gaboon to Senegambia and 

 Fernando Po. 



This form is very closely allied to P. ocularius, but the 



