Ploceidae of the Ethiopian Region. 29 



149. Ploceus spilonotus. 



Ploceus spilonotus, Vigors^ P. Z. S. 1831 (June), p. 92, 

 Inland from Algoa Bay. 



Ploceus stictonotus, Smith, S. Afr. Quart, Journ. 1831 

 (October), p. 11, Keislianna River. 



Ploceus flaviceps, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. 1837, p. 259j 

 pi. 32, Senegal. 



Hyjjhantornis spilonota, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 351. 



Ploceus chrysostictos, Licht, fide Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 441. 



Ploceus cyclospilus, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 80, pi. 38. 

 figs. 295, 296. 



? Ploceus brandtii, Reichb. t. c. p. 82, pi. 40. fig. 306. 



Hab. E. and S. Africa: between Mosambique, Natal, and 

 Lake Ngami. 



M. Rochebrune records this species from seven localities 

 in Senegambia, yet considers it to be rare there. Previously 

 it was only recorded on Mr. Swainson^s authority, from a 

 skin possibly incorrectly labelled. I cannot, upon the pre- 

 sent evidence, admit this species to be a native of Sene- 

 gambia, but it may have been introduced. 



I have followed Dr. Reichenow in referring P. brantii, 

 Reichb., to this species, but it appears to me to be indeter- 

 minable. 



150. Ploceus spekii. 



Hyphantornis baglafecht, Blyth (nee Vieill.), Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bengal, xxiv. 1856, p. 301, Somali. 



Hyphantornis spekiiy Heugl. in Peterm. Geogr. Mitth, 1861, 

 p. 24. 



Hyphantornis somalensis, Heugl. J. £. O. 1867, p. 379, 

 Somali. 



Uyphantoi'nis somalicus, " Heugl.,^^ Finsch, J. f. O. 1868, 

 p. 169. 



Hyphantornis meloxit, An tin. M.S. fide Salvad. Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Gen. 1884, p. 188, Galla. 



Ploceus spekii, Reichen. Zool. Jahrb. Jena, i. 1886, p. 146. 



Hab. N.E. Africa : Shoa, Galla, and Somali. 



a, ^ . May, Shoa. 



