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139. Ploceus xanthopterus. 



Hyphantornis, sp,, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 322, Shire. 

 Hyphantornis xanthopterus, F. & H. Vog. Ostafr. 1870, 



p. 399 (type exam.). 



Hyphantornis castaneigula, Cab. J. f. O. 1881, p. 240, 

 pi. 3. fig. 1, Zambesi (type exam.). 



Ploceus castaneigula, Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, 

 p. 118. 



Hab. S.E. Africa : Shire and Zambesi. 



a, type. Dcember, Lower Shire [Kirk, Brit. Mus.). 



140. Ploceus xanthops. 



Hyphantornis xanthops, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 342, Angola 

 (type exam. Brit. Mus.). 



Hyphantornis aurantiigula, Cab. J. f. O. 1875, p. 238, 

 Loango. 



Ploceus xanthops, Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, 

 p. 123, pi. 5. fig. 1. 



Hab. E., S., and W. Africa. In E. Africa, Kituiin Ukam- 

 bani, Gonda, and Ugalla; in S. Africa, Matabele and Ben- 

 guela; in W. Africa from Angola to the Loango coast. 



141. Ploceus subaureus. 



Ploceus subaureus, Smith, Pr. S. Afr. Instit. 1832, April, 

 fide Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. 1839, pi. 30. fig. I, Algoa Bay. 



Ploceus tahatali. Smith, Rep. Exped. Expl. Cen^. Afr. 

 1836, p. 50. 



Hijphanto?'nis suhaurea, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 

 1849, p. 351. 



Oriolinus subaureus, Reichb. Singvog, 1861, p. 84, pi. 42. 

 fig. 314. 



Hab. S. Africa : Swaziland, Transvaal, Natal, and the 

 eastern portion of Cape Colony. 



A specimen in the British Museum, labelled H. tahatali, 

 is an immature bird of this species. 



142. Ploceus aurantius. 



Malimbus aurantius, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 73, pi. 44, 

 Congo (type exam. Paris Mus.) . 



Ploceus aurantius, Vieill. N. D. xxxiv. 1819, p. 130. 



