24 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



characters, though slight, appear to be constant. It has been 

 recorded from Landana (Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1867, 

 p. 309), but I think this may be a mistake, as I have P. ocu- 

 larius, ? , from that locality. 



137. Ploceus capensis. 



Oriolus capensis, Gm. S. N. i. 17b8, p. 392. 



Icterus olivaceus, Hahn, Vog. As. &c. Lief. vi. 1822, pi. 4. 



Icterus caffer, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 19, KaflFraria. 



Ploceus aurifrons, Temm. PI. Col. 1823, pis. 175, (J, 

 176 ?. 



Ploceus abyssinicus, Less, (nee Gm.) Traite d'Orn. 1831, 

 p. 434, Cape. 



Ploceus icterocephalus, Swains. Class. B. i. 1837, p. 189. 



Ploceus aureus, Des Murs in Letebvre^s Voy. Abyss. 1845, 

 p. 108. 



Hyphantornis aurifrons. Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 351. 



Hyphantornis capensis, Gray & Mitchell, I. c. 



Oriolinus capensis, Beichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 84, pi. 42. 

 figs. 315, 316. 



Oriolinus aurifrons, Reichb. t. c. pi. 43. figs. 317, 318. 



Hyphantornis olivaceus, Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 161. 



Hab. S. Africa : from the Zambesi to Natal and the 

 eastern portion of Cape Colony. 



This species has been recorded from N.E. Africa by 

 Des Murs, Heuglin, and Hartlaub, and from Senegambia by. 

 Temminck and Rochebrune, but I feel confident that it is 

 not a native of any of these localities. Probably these 

 errors have arisen from the females of other species having 

 been mistaken for the present one, and have been multiplied 

 by copying. 



138. Ploceus princeps. 



Symplectes princeps, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 439, Prince's 

 Island. 



Hyphantornis princeps, Reichb. Singvog, 1861, p, 87. 

 Hab, W.Africa: Prince''s Island. 



