Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 27 



? Ploceus aureus, Des Murs in Leirebvre's Voy. Abyss. 

 1845; p. 108, Adowa. 



Uyphantornis galbula, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B, ii. 1849, 

 p. 351. 



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



Hab. N.E. Africa, east of the Nile from Suakim to Somali- 

 land, and resident at Aden. 



146. Ploceus superciliosus. 



Hyphantor7iis superciliosus, Shelley, Ibis, 1873, p. 140, 

 Fantee, Accra. 



Ploceus superciliosus^ Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, 

 p. 155. 



Hab. W. Africa, Loango, Niger, and Gold Coast. 



a, ^ . November, Shonga on Niger. Crown yellow, sides 

 of the head and upper throat black. b, ? . Crown black, 

 shading into dusky olive towards the nape ; a broad yellow 

 eyebrow joins the yellow of the neck. Sides of the head and 

 upper throat black. Sides and lower half of the throat and 

 the chest yellow. Abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 buif. Back olive-brown. These two specimens are in the 

 British Museum, and are in the fullest plumage I have yet 

 seen. 



In the colouring of the crown in the sexes this species 

 somewhat assimilates P. emini and P. reichenoivi, but in its 

 general structure it most nearly approaches P. vitellinus. 



147. Ploceus vitellinus. 



Fringilla vitellina, Licht. Verz. Doubl. 1823, p. 23, Sene- 

 gambia. 



Ploceus ruficeps, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. 1837, p. 262, 

 Gambia. 



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

 p. 351. 



Textor vitellina, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 441 (syn. excL). 



Ploceus sublarvatus, Miill. Naum. 1851, p. 28, Sennaar, 

 Nubia. 



Textor sublarvatus , Miill. Descr. Ois. d'Afr. part iii. 1854, 

 pi. 12, c? ? . 



