32 Captain G. E. Shelley on the 



lat. Bogos, Abyssinia, Shoa, White Nile to Lado in E. Africa. 

 Senegambia and the Bulama Islands on the West Coast. 



a, (^ . July, Anseba valley {Blanford) . d, ^ . July, Lado 

 {Emin Bey). 



155. Ploceus subpersonatus. 



Hyphantornis subpersonatus, Cab. J. f. O. 1876, p. 92, 

 Loango Coast. 



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

 p. 152, pi. 5. fig. 4. 



Hub. West Africa : Landana and Loango Coast. 



156. Ploceus intermedius. 



Ploceus intermedius, ^n^"^. Syst. Uebers. 1845, pp. 71, 

 76, Shoa (type exam.) . 



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

 1849, p. 351 ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. pi. 18. fig. 2 (head). 



Ploceus erythrophthalmus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 38. 

 no. 375, ?■ ? 



Ploceolus capitalis, Reichb. (nee Lath.), Singvog. 1861, 

 p. 77 part, pi. 35. fig 276. 



Hyphantornis erythrothalma, Heugl. J. f. O. 1867, p. 386. 



Hyphantornis cabanisi, Peters, J. f . O. 1868, p. 133, Inham- 

 bani (type exam.). 



Hyphantornis capitalis, Sharpe (nee Lath.), Cat. Afr. B. 

 1871, p. 58, Natal. 



Hyphantornis nigrifrons, Buckley (nee Cab.), Ibis, 1874, 

 p. 380, 3amangwato. 



Hab. N.E., E., and S. Africa. The whole East Coast of 

 Africa from Shoa to Natal. 



a, b. Lamu and Pangani. c, d. October, Tati and Ba- 

 mangwato. e, ^ . December, Omaruru. 



The chestnut shade on the yellow which surrounds the 

 black head is strongest in specimens from the north, and fades 

 out almost entirely in those procured to the south of the 

 Zambesi. 



This and P. subpersonatus are little more than subspecies, 

 but the present bird may be easily recognized by having a 



