26 Captain G. E. Slielley on the 



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

 p. 351. 



Hyphantornis 7'oyrei, J. Vcrr. J. f, O. 1865, p. 97. 



Hub. E. and W. Africa : Mozambique (Oustalet), and from 

 the Congo to the Niger. 



a. November, Bonny {Crossley, Brit. Mus.) ; b, ^ .October, 

 Landana. 



143. Ploceus aureoflavus. 



Ploceus aureoflavus, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. 1839, text to 

 pi. 30. fig. 1, W. Afr. 



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

 1849, p. 351. 



Textor aureoflavus, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 441. 



Hyphornis aurea, Natt., Hartl. J. f. O. 1860, p. 180. 



Ploceus aurantius, Vieill. var., Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. 

 fasc. xviii. 1865, p. 322, Mozambique. 



Hyphantornis subaureus, Hartl. (nee Smith), P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 826, Zanzibar. 



Hyphantornis concolor, Heugl. J. f. O, 1867, p. 389. 



Hub. E. Africa. Zanzibar Province from Mombas to Zan- 

 zibar, Simbaveni [Bdhm), and possibly Mozambique. 



I doubt the accuracy of the following localities : — Nubia 

 [Eiipp. Leyden Mus.), Sierra Leone {Smith), and, in the 

 British Museum, ^"^ Senegal (Dr. Smith)." 



144. Ploceus bojeri. 



Xanthophilus aureoflavus, Reichb. (nee Smith) Singvog. 

 1861, p. 84, pi. 42. fig. 312. 



Hyphantornis bojeri, Hartl, & Finsch in Cab. v. d. 

 Decken^s Beisen, iii. 1869, p. 32. 



Ploceus bojeri, Reichen. Zool. Jalirb. Jena, i. 1886, p. 120- 



Hab. E. Africa: between about 1° N. lat. and 7° S. lat. ; 

 from Barava in South Somali to Zanzibar Island. 



a, cJ . July, Mombas Island. 



145. Ploceus galbula. 



Ploceus galbula, Rtipp. Neue Wirb. 1835-40, p. 92, pi. 32. 

 fig. 2. 



